Mexico City — Mexico will significantly increase its sugar exports to the United States in the upcoming trade cycle, following a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimate that it will import 1.15 million tons of Mexican sugar — a 512% increase over the current cycle.
“Mexico has achieved that the United States begins the regularization of access for the Mexican sugar industry and sugar cane producers to the U.S. market,” the Mexican presidency said in a statement Friday.
According to the USDA’s monthly agricultural supply and demand report, the U.S. expects to need up to 1.152 million tons of Mexican sugar in the 2026-2027 cycle.
The Mexican government said the increase could translate into an additional 4.76 billion pesos (about $270 million) for 170,000 cane producers, by raising the volume of sugar that can be shipped to the U.S. market.
The presidency attributed the outcome to dialogue with U.S. authorities since November 2025 and said the import increase marks the start of regularizing Mexican sugar access to the U.S. market.
Negotiations began after U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins visited Mexico, and the agreement will benefit both Mexican producers and consumers in both countries, the statement added.
Since 2014, Mexican sugar exports to the U.S. have been subject to an agreement limiting sales volumes to avoid trade disputes. In recent years, export quotas were reduced as U.S. import needs declined, restricting Mexican sales to that market.
