Alum is a salt that in chemistry is a combination of an alkali metal, such as sodium, potassium, or ammonium and a trivalent metal, such as aluminum, iron, or chromium.
USDA allocates a share of the anticipated U.S. sugar market to sugar producers annually. This allotment basically determines the amount of sugar an individual company is allowed to sell that year. However, these allotments can be, and often are, adjusted based on harvest conditions.
Raw and refined sugar markets are generally characterized by significant and. widespread domestic support and trade distorting policies, such as guaranteed minimum. payments to producers, production and marketing controls (quotas), state-regulated retail. prices, tariffs, import quotas and export subsidies.