SUGAR BEETS – States findings of the Legislature and supports domestic production and supply of sugar beets.

This is a joint memorial (not a binding bill) from Idaho's legislature urging federal action. It requests Congress raise the existing "tier-2" import duty on foreign sugar to protect Idaho's sugar beet industry from unfairly priced imports. Idaho, the nation's second-largest sugar beet producer, argues the current duty level - unchanged since 2000 - fails to shield farmers and processors from price crashes and foreign dumping. The memorial directly supports Idaho's 500+ farm families and 2,000 sugar industry workers.