# SA Canegrowers says the local sugar industry will be under severe threat from a 30-percent US tariff on exports and a surge in cheap, subsidised sugar imports. They warn the US tariff, starting next month, will make sugar uncompetitive, while cheap imports from Brazil and India are already undercutting local prices. The organisation’s Higgins Mdluli urges the government to urgently update import tariffs to protect over a million livelihoods and prevent further damage to the struggling industry.