Sri Lanka sugar firm use state credit to stop farmers switching to

Sri Lanka sugar firm use state credit to stop farmers switching to ...
Lanka Business Online

The firm has also successfully lobbied the state to lift a value added tax (VAT) on its own products but raised the tariffs on cheaper imports consumed by a ...

United States - State sugar-beet harvest starting up

State sugar-beet harvest starting up
Great Falls Tribune

It has asked some southern Montana farmers to harvest early, and some farmers have started harvesting three weeks ahead of schedule. Western Sugar wants to ...

United States - WASDE Estimates

USDA S/D: Text Highlights
AgWeb

Ending stocks are increased 55000 tons, sugar production is decreased 250000 tons, and imports are increased 330000 tons. The decrease in sugar production ...

Sudan plans to more than triple sugar output within three years

Sudan Plans to More Than Triple Sugar Production, Kenana Says
Bloomberg

Sudan plans to more than triple sugar output within three years

United Kingdom - Sugar beet still a sweetener to arable rotations in the East

Sugar beet still a sweetener to arable rotations in the East
Business Weekly

“This deficit situation will inevitably put pressure on the WTO to reverse this ban on export and allow EU sugar to reach other parts of the world.

India - Strict time limit on sugar, pulses storage at ports

Strict time limit on sugar, pulses storage at ports
Business Standard

A notification to this effect has been issued by the Tariff Authority for Major Ports. Official sources said in some ports sugar and pulses' importers have ...

Turkey seeks bids for sugar factories -sources

Turkey seeks bids for sugar factories -sources

ANKARA, Sept 10 - Turkey will take final bids on six sugar-producing factories by November 19, sources from the Privatisation Administration told Reuters on Thursday.

EU - ACP Sugar Prices May Exceed European Unions, Ambassador Says

ACP Sugar Prices May Exceed European Unions, Ambassador Says

Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Sugar exporters in some African, Caribbean and Pacific nations may get higher prices at home than under preferential sales to the European Union, said Patrick Gomes, Guyanas ambassador to Brussels.

Indonesia - Govt may have to import more sugar

Govt may have to import more sugar
Jakarta Post

"So we may have to choose to import sugar," he added, without mentioning figures. The government has been intensifying recent efforts to help curb soaring ...

China Aug Refined Sugar Output 9,000 Tons; Down 23% On Yr

China Aug Refined Sugar Output 9,000 Tons; Down 23% On Yr
The Forex Market Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:23 PM PDT

BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China's refined sugar production in August fell 23% to 9,000 metric tons, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday. During the January-August period, refined sugar output totaled 9.79 million tons, falling 13% compared with the same period last year.

The Thai Sugar Manufacturing Association confirms that there is no sugar shortage in the country

The Thai Sugar Manufacturing Association confirms that there is no sugar shortage
Thailand Outlook Channel Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:37 PM PDT

The Thai Sugar Manufacturing Association confirms that there is no sugar shortage in the country, as there are more than 5 million sacks of sugar for quota type A in stock, which will be enough for 3-4 months, until the next sugar production.

Guyana - Sugar production for this crop close to 65000 tonnes

Sugar production for this crop close to 65000 tonnes

The Guyana Sugar Corporation GuySuCo yesterday reported that various estates have produced some 10 300 tonnes of sugar at the conclusion of the production ...

India - to date, contracts to import 50 lakh tonnes raw sugar in the current year

India contracts to import 50 lakh tonnes raw sugar
Hindu Business Line

“Regarding the requirement of sugar to import, I understand that 24 lakh tonnes of raw sugar has already been imported and that contracts are almost been ...

Mexico - Importaciones de azúcar en exceso generarán problemas

Importaciones de azúcar en exceso generarán problemas
El Financiero (México)

Diputados del sector agrario propondrán ante el pleno que la Secretaría de Economía (SE) no decida unilateralmente la importación de azúcar al país, ...

INTERVIEW-Thai Roong Ruang may export 10 pct more sugar in 2010

INTERVIEW-Thai Roong Ruang may export 10 pct more sugar in 2010
Reuters India

Thailand's second-biggest sugar miller, has expanded capacity because it expects its exports to rise 10 percent in 2010, helped by a revival in demand ...

Pakistan - Mills get 1.66m tonnes sugar back from commercial banks

Mills get 1.66m tonnes sugar back from commercial banks
Daily Times

He said these sugar mills have stocked over 75 percent of sugar production to create artificial sugar shortage in the country so that price could be ...

Vietnam may import 61000 tonnes of sugar - Thanh Nien Daily

Vietnam may import 61000 tonnes of sugar
Thanh Nien Daily

Vietnam sugar output drops 20 percent, pushing prices up ...

United States - Mexico Sugar Outlook | Imperial Sugar Company ...

Frank Jenkins: Mexico Sugar Outlook | Imperial Sugar Company ...
By iscnewsroom

... Southeastern Firefighters Burn Foundation, Suedzucker, sugar, Sugar Association, sugar beets, sugar dust, Sugar Growers, sugar imports, Sugar Land, sugar markets, sugar prices, sugar production, sugar refinery, sugar shortage ...

Le Gabon a récolté plus de 17 000 tonnes de sucre

Le Gabon a récolté plus de 17 000 tonnes de sucre
InfosPlus Gabon

LIBREVILLE, 9 septembre (Infosplusgabon) - La Sucrerie africaine du Gabon (SUCAF) a annoncé ce mercredi qu'elle récoltera 25 000 tonnes de sucre, en baisse ...

United States/Mexico - Imperial Sugar expects rebuilt refinery to recoup custom

Imperial Sugar expects rebuilt refinery to recoup custom
Food Navigator USA Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:48 AM PDT

Mexican imports and rival US companies filled the supply gap when the refinery in Georgia closed for business following an industrial accident that severely damaged the packaging facilities and left 4 people dead.

Senegal - Pénurie de sucre : La Css accuse des ‘clients mystérieux’ d’entretenir la rumeur e

Pénurie de sucre : La Css accuse des ‘clients mystérieux’ d’entretenir la rumeur

La Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise (Css) est surprise par les informations faisant état d’une pénurie de sucre. La direction du groupe Mimran croit savoir l’origine de cette rumeur.

Indonesia raw sugar import permits exceed target

Indonesia raw sugar import permits exceed target
Alibaba News Channel

Yamin Rachman, executive director of Indonesian Sugar Refiners Association, said that actual raw sugar imports so far this year amounted to 1.44 million ...

Hungary - Agrana to up sugar beet production to 780000 tons

Agrana to up sugar production to 780000 tons Realdealhu

Agrana to up sugar production to 780000 tons. By MTI. Austria's Agrana will refine 780000 tonnes of sugar beat this year at its sugar refinery in Kaposvar ...

Indonesia - PTPN allowed to import 180000 tons of raw sugar

PTPN allowed to import 180000 tons of raw sugar
Jakarta Post

The government has allowed state plantation firm PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) to import 180000 tons of raw sugar to ensure its stocks. "The import aims at ...

Mexican sugar imports a concern for US

Mexican sugar imports a concern for US
Ag Weekly

He said under NAFTA, Mexico could theoretically sell its entire estimated yearly crop of 5 million to 5.5 million metric tons of sugar in the US Then it ...

Colombia July 2009 Sugar Exports Up 56% To 65,842 Tons

Colombia July 2009 Sugar Exports Up 56% To 65,842 Tons
INO News Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:18 AM PDT

BOGOTA (Dow Jones)--Colombian sugar exports in July 2009 rose 56% to 65,842 metric tons mixed raw and refined value, the Colombian Cane Sugar Producers Association, or Asocana, said Tuesday.

Pakistan - Mills allowed to import 350,000 metric tons raw sugar, National Assembly body told

Mills allowed to import 350,000 metric tons raw sugar, National Assembly body told
Business Recorder Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:37 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (September 09 2009): The government has allowed sugar mills to import 3,50,000 metric tons raw sugar for the next season and also decided to change the criteria of purchasing sugar from the local industry after the mills refused to release the stocks to Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) during the recent crisis.

Nepal - Govt to import 50k tons of sugar to strengthen supplies

Govt to import 50k tons of sugar to strengthen supplies
Republica

With the decline in sugarcane production, domestic market has been experiencing sharp rise in sugar prices for the last few months. Domestic production of ...

France - Excepcional riqueza de azúcar de la remolacha en Francia en esta

Excepcional riqueza de azúcar de la remolacha en Francia en esta ...
Agrodigital

La falta de lluvias en Francia durante el pasado mes de agosto, ha provocado que la remolacha tenga una elevada riqueza de azúcar (19,58º), de acuerdo con ...

Fiji - $66m loss

$66m loss
Fiji Times

LOW sugar production is forcing the country to miss out on $66million in sugar earnings. And it also means that Fiji cannot capitalise on some of the ...

Uruguay - ALUR importará azúcar crudo

ALUR importará azúcar crudo
Observa

Dado que ALUR SA dedicará buena parte de su producción azucarera a la elaboración de alcohol, este año importará azúcar crudo, según se desprende de un ...

Indian government seeks early cane crush

Indian government seeks early cane crush
Reuters India

Also, forecasts of a late withdrawal of monsoon rains are worrying India's sugar industry as rainfall after the usual season would delay the harvest, ...

United States - Imperial Sugar GA plant ramping up

Imperial Sugar GA plant ramping up
Bizjournals.com

The refinery, which began shipping bulk sugar in late July, operated at about 25 percent of normal capacity in August and is now boosting production. ...

Fiji - Sugar price arrangements

Sugar price arrangements
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd

May says unfortunately due to mill upgrades and the servicing of the sugar mills - they may not be able to export the ninety thousand tons sugar to London. ...

Kenya - State backs down on duty free sugar imports

State backs down on duty free sugar imports
Daily Nation

Kenya has since 2000 been enjoying a safeguard on sugar aimed at creating a conducive environment for local sugar industry to be competitive ahead of ...

Mexico - SE establece por segunda ocasión cupo para importar azúcar

SE establece por segunda ocasión cupo para importar azúcar
El Universal (México)

Mientras que las 186.3 mil toneladas de azúcar se licitarán con el aracel-cupo establecido en el artículo séptimo del Decreto por el que se modifican ...

India - UP sugar mills' bidding deferred, industry wary

UP sugar mills' bidding deferred, industry wary
Business Standard

The sugar production in Uttar Pradesh, which dipped to under 4 million tonnes during 2008-09 season, is likely to fall further.

Nicaragua - México establece cupo para importación de azúcar | El Economista

México establece cupo para importación de azúcar | El Economista

De acuerdo con lo publicado en el Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF), en el primer caso las 20700 toneladas del endulzante originarias de Nicaragua ...

Kenya - Ministry to review quarterly sugar import structure

Ministry to review quarterly sugar import structure
Business Daily Africa - Nairobi,Kenya

A worker offloads sugar at the port of Mombasa. Sugar from the Comesa region ... to 100 per cent tariff in 2009, 70 per cent tariff this financial year, ...

Colombia July 2009 Sugar Production Up 9.8% To 232673

INOcom News Colombia July 2009 Sugar Production Up 9.8% To 232673 ...
BOGOTA Dow Jones

Colombian sugar production in July 2009 was up 9.8% to 232673 metric tons raw value the Colombian Cane Sugar Producers Association or Asocana ...

EU - Producción azúcar remolachera europea subiría en 2009/10

Producción azúcar remolachera europea subiría en 2009/10
Reuters América Latina

LONDRES (Reuters) - La producción europea de azúcar remolachera subiría en el periodo 2009/2010 a 24,7 millones de toneladas desde 24,4 millones de ...

United States Michigan Sugar Co. is ready for the fall beet harvest

Michigan Sugar Co. is ready for the fall beet harvest
The Saginaw News - MLive.com

by Kathryn Lynch-Morin | The Bay City Times For many farmers in the Great Lakes Bay Region, there is nothing sweeter than the fall sugar beet harvest. ...

UK/South Africa/China - Associated British Foods Posts Higher H2 Operating Profit

Associated British Foods Posts Higher H2 Operating Profit; Expects ...
RTT News

However, sugar production was lower than expected, particularly in South Africa. Associated British Foods noted that Illovo is expected to raise rand 3 ...

Tanzania expects its sugar production to rise 4 percent in the 2009/10

Tanzania sees 09/10 sugar output up 4 pct vs 08/09
Reuters South Africa

By George Obulutsa DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania expects its sugar production to rise 4 percent in the 2009/10 (April-March) crop season compared with ...

Argentina/Paraguay - Misiones tendrá fábricas de azúcar y de etanol

Misiones tendrá fábricas de azúcar y de etanol
Última Hora (Paraguay)

De acuerdo a las autoridades, la habilitación de las plantas procesadoras para la producción de azúcar y etanol es fruto de un trabajo realizado por una ...

Fiji - Third Sugar shipment

Third Sugar shipment
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd - Suva,Fiji

The Corporation will be exporting around 30-thousand tons of sugar through this shipment. The Corporation is pleased to note that sugar exports are taking ...

United States - Public sours on Illinois' sweet spot

Public sours on Illinois' sweet spot
Crain's Chicago Business

Demand for high-fructose corn syrup, the cheap sugar substitute that sweetens most of the nation's soft drinks and many of its foods, has been dropping fast ...

Indonesia - East Java to subsidize cost of sugar distribution

East Java to subsidize cost of sugar distribution
Jakarta Post

To help lower the skyrocketing price of sugarcane sugar, the East Java administration has considered allocating funds to subsidize the transportation costs ...

Indonesia - Govt to Import Sugar This Week

Govt to Import Sugar This Week
VIVAnews.com

According to Mari Elka, additional sugar import will aim at pushing down the rising sugar prices in the market. "The import will target raw sugar," she said ...

Australia - Sun Coast cane crush "not a bad start"

Sun Coast cane crush "not a bad start"
ABC Online

Maryborough Sugar will start crushing Sunshine Coast sugarcane today after growers jumped on the chance to send their cane north. Last week, the Queensland ...

Egypt - Le ministère du Commerce et de l'Industrie a annoncé l'entrée en production l'année prochaine de deux usines de sucre

EGYPTE EXPRESS - Travco investit, plus de sucre et le coton va ...
Le Petit Journal

Le ministère du Commerce et de l'Industrie a annoncé l'entrée en production l'année prochaine de deux usines de sucre dotées d'une capacité de production ...

South Africa - Price surge to sweeten cane farming

Price surge to sweeten cane farming
Business Report

According to Reuters, sugar prices are up 91 percent since the beginning of the year. Sugar production had declined in South Africa as yields had dropped ...

India may import 12 million tonne of sugar

India may import 12 million tonne of sugar
Economic Times

An official of the state government, concerned with the sugar industry, speaking on condition of anonymity, said imports of this magnitude will be needed ...

Nigeria - Yet another crisis for bakers as price of sugar soars

Yet another crisis for bakers as price of sugar soars
Vanguard

The source said that key operators in the Nigerian sugar industry ( Dangote Sugar Refinery, Savannah Sugar, and BUA Sugar Refinery) had better rise to the ...

India - Dip in raw sugar prices unlikely to prompt mills to import more

Dip in raw sugar prices unlikely to prompt mills to import more
Hindu Business Line

The sudden perception that the import requirement of the world's largest sugar consumer may turn out lower has also impacted white sugar prices. ...

Pakistan - Federal government to abide by court orders on sugar: Wattoo

Federal government to abide by court orders on sugar: Wattoo
Daily Times

To a question Wattoo said a national sugar policy would be announced before the next sugarcane-crushing season, wherein short-term and long-term measures ...