I could be mistaken on the form of sea transit. I just know it gets refined in Canada (which also seems like a waste: why not refine at source?). Sea transit i

I could be mistaken on the form of sea transit. I just know it gets refined in Canada (which also seems like a waste: why not refine at source?). Sea transit is cheap, sugarcane grows better in the tropics than beets in cooler places. Harder to harvest below-ground stuff. Canada used to subsidize/protect sugar beet producers (to keep them competitive), but largely got out of it. Maybe that’s why we still refine it: because the plants still exist.