BOCA RATON, Fla. — The Mexican government disagrees with the efforts of two U.S. cane refiners to stop the agreements to resolve complaints about Mexican sugar imports into the United States, Kenneth Smith Ramos, head of the trade and NAFTA office at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, told The Hagstrom Report here earlier this week.

Imperial Sugar Company of Sugar Land, Texas, and AmCane Sugar of Taylor, Mich., petitioned the U.S. International Trade Commission earlier this month, contending that the agreements will not allow them to obtain enough sugar for their refining operations.

On the sidelines of the International Dairy Foods Association Dairy Forum, Smith Ramos said Mexican officials are “cautiously optimistic” that the ITC will rule that the suspension agreements, which limit Mexican imports, to the United States, resolve the situation.

The refiners argued that they will not receive enough sugar under the agreement.