the sugar act
No, the locally produced sugar is not taxed. But the imported sugar is usually taxed.
A tax charged by the Federal Government on imported sugar.
The American colonies imported sugar with which to distill rum, which became one of their biggest and most important industries.
The triangular trade involved three main trade routes: Europe to Africa (guns, cloth, and other goods exchanged for slaves), Africa to the Americas (Africans forcibly transported as slaves), and the Americas to Europe (raw materials like sugar and cotton sent back). This cycle continued with goods and slaves being traded among these regions.
however much is imported :)
Sugar tax
It is imported by Huge ships across the seas from a range of different places, we also grow some sugar in England and transport it around; but no where near the amount that is imported from different country's
Canada's five major imported items are tea, coffee, oil, fruit, and sugar.
Tea was imported to the colonies. The colonies exported tobacco, lumber, and sugar.
My money
The Sugar Act of 1764 placed tariffs and duties on goods imported into the colonies by England.