What did the sugar act actually do to the trade of the colonists

the sugar act also increase enforcement of smuggling . The sugar act successfully reduced but greatly disrupted the economy Of the American colonies by increasing the cost of many important items reducing exports to non British markets

disequilibrium means that either supply is greater than the demand for an available good, or that the demand for a product outstrips the available supply. it implies that the price for a is either too low creating large demand, or too high creating a large surplus of supply.