Sugar industry

Brazil controls half the global market, paying the most ($2.5 billion per year) in subsidies to its sugar industry.

[3] The US sugar system is complex, using price supports, domestic marketing allotments, and tariff-rate quotas.

The Common Agricultural Policy of the EU used to set maximum quotas for production and exports, and a subsidized sugar sales with an EU-guaranteed minimum price.

[9] A 2004 Oxfam report called EU sugar subsidies "dumping" and said they harm the world's poor.

[3] The top 10 sugar-producing companies based on production in 2010:[15] The global sugar industry has a low market share concentration.