date:Aug 28, 2014
Mondelez International Inc will have to pay more for imported sweetener.
The preliminary decision to slap duties on sugar imports from Mexico, which could still be overturned, is backed by US sugar industry complaints of unfair competition from subsidised sweeteners in the industry's first trade case in decades. Sources told Reuters the duties were as much as 17.01 percent. The preliminary determination means the US Department of Commerce found Mexican imports benefited from government support