食糖是日常生活的必需品，同时也是饮料、糖果、糕点等含糖食品和制药工业中不可或缺的原料。食糖的生产原料主要为甘蔗，其次为甜菜。
今年1-6月我国进口食糖139.2万吨，较上年同期增长9.8%，进口均价450.5美元/吨，下降8.8%，食糖进口呈现出价跌量涨的态势。具体来看，上半年食糖进口特点如下：
（一）进口来源地高度集中，其中危地马拉骤降、印度激增
（二）食糖进口集中在环渤海区域，广东、江西增势突出
影响我国食糖进口格局以及下半年走势的因素主要有三点：
（一）全球食糖供需格局失衡，我国食糖需求旺盛
（二）我国食糖的产业链分布：原料集中，市场分散
（三）我国食糖的进口配额政策：关税对食糖大量进口壁垒作用有限，配额分配难以满足市场需要
为稳定国内食糖价格、保护糖农利益，今年我国启动了300万吨的临时收储，推动库存压力高企，而政府干预价格客观上给糖企带来负担，政府调控与市场运行不同步，影响政策效果。因此，解决国内国外糖价差异的着力点应是提高糖料种植效率、降低生产成本，进而在国内国外糖价联动性增强的情况下提高制糖行业效益。（更多行业资讯请浏览中国进出口网）
Sugar imports in the First Half of 2014 in China Continues to Expand
Sugar is a daily necessity, but also indispensable raw materials of drinks, candy, cakes and other sugary food and pharmaceutical industries. The main raw material of sugar is cane and beet.
January to June this year, China imported 1.392 million tons of sugar, with growth 9.8% over the same period last year, the average import price is $450.5 per ton, down 8.8%, sugar imports shows a dro in price rise in amount. Specifically, the characteristics of sugar imports in the first half are as follows:
(1) highly concentrated source of imports, which plunged in Guatemala, surged in India
(2) sugar imports concentrated in Bohai Rim region, especially in Guangdong and Jiangxi
The factors that affect sugar import patterns and the trend of our country in the second half of this year include the following three major points:
(1) global sugar imbalance between supply and demand, China strongly demands for sugar
(2) the distribution of the sugar industry chain: raw materials concentrated, market fragmentation
(3) China's sugar import quota policy: tariffs has limited effects on sugar import barriers, quota allocation is hard to meet market needs
In order to stabilize domestic sugar prices and protect the interests of sugar farmers, this year China launches the temporary storage of 3,000,000 tons and reduces solute high pressure on the stock, while this can cause burdens to sugar manufacturers objectively, government regulation is not synchronized with the operation of the market and the policy effect will be impacted. Therefore, to solve the differences of sugar price between at home and abroad, we should focus on improving efficiency, reducing production costs, thereby increasing the effectiveness of the sugar industry, in case that the joint of sugar prices in the domestic and foreign is enhanced.
