Saturday, 26 September 2009

United States - USDA Sets 2010 Sugar TariffRate Quotas

USDA Sets 2010 Sugar TariffRate Quotas | Imperial Sugar Company ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the establishment of the raw and refined and specialty sugar import tariffrate quotasTRQs and the domestic ...

Friday, 25 September 2009

India's STC imports 110000 T sugar - chairman

India's STC imports 110000 T sugar - chairman
Reuters India

BO: Quote, Profile, Research) has contracted imports of 110000 tonnes of sugar, its chairman told reporters on Friday. The STC had sealed deals to import ...

Jamaica - Cabinet Approves Revised Country Strategy for the Sugar Industry

Cabinet Approves Revised Country Strategy for the Sugar Industry
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service

Cabinet has approved the revised Jamaica Country Strategy for the Adaptation of the Sugar Industry: Year 2006 to 2020 (JCS II), which will replace the ...

Mexico Sugar Sector Urges Gov't to Halt Imports

Mexico Sugar Sector Urges Gov't to Halt Imports
FLEXNEWS

To cover the shortfall the government said this month it would permit imports of up to 900000 tonnes of sugar. To date 550000 tonnes of sugar import tenders ...

Brazil - Rain reduces Brazil’s ethanol and sugar output in first half of September

Rain reduces Brazil’s ethanol and sugar output in first half of September
UNICA

Excessive rain in September has once again hurt the performance of the sugarcane industry in South-Central Brazil, affecting not only production for the first two weeks of the month but overall projections for the 2009/10 harvest.

Brazil - Unica revisar projeções de produção de açúcar e etanol

Unica revisar projeções de produção de açúcar e etanol
Unica

SÃO PAULO - A União da Indústria da Cana-de-açúcar (Unica) anunciou hoje que revisou para baixo suas projeções sobre a produção de açúcar e etanol na região ...

Thursday, 24 September 2009

Russia produced in Jan. 1-Sept. 21 1.724 million metric tons of refined sugar from imported raws

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INO News Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:01 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Russia produced in Jan. 1-Sept. 21 1.724 million metric tons of refined sugar from imported raws, which is 29% less than in the corresponding period last year, the national association of sugar producers Soyuzrossakhar said Wednesday.

Vietnam - Sugarcane price doubles as cultivation declines

Sugarcane price doubles as cultivation declines
Thanh Nien Daily

The area under sugar cultivation for the 2009-10 crop in the Mekong Delta will be 52500 hectares, or 12500 hectares less than the previous crop. ...

Rains to Cut Brazil CS 09/10 Sugar Output

Rains to Cut Brazil CS 09/10 Sugar Output
FLEXNEWS

Sugar production should total 30.6 million tonnes in the region, down from 31.2 million tonnes seen in July. Cane crush in the season (April-March) is seen ...

Thailand - El Nino brings sweet deals to cane growers

El Nino brings sweet deals to cane growers
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Local cane farmers and the sugar industry are expected to benefit from high global sugar demand and prices over the next 2-3 years, according Sirivuthi ...

India - White sugar zero duty imports extended

White sugar zero duty imports extended
Economic Times

The economics of importing white sugar, even at zero duty, is still highly adverse to mills, one sugar industry official from UP pointed out, ...

Indonesia Says Sugar Output Can Meet Consumption

Indonesia Says Sugar Output Can Meet Consumption
FLEXNEWS

Among measures being considered, is a plan to temporarily cut import duties for raw and white sugar, which are at 50 percent and 73 percent respectively, ...

Indonesia - Govt may boost imports to secure food supply

Govt may boost imports to secure food supply
Jakarta Post

... 790 to Rp 400 a kilogram on refined sugar, and from Rp 550 to Rp 150 a kilogram on raw sugar. The new tariffs are expected to be effective from Oct. 1. ...

Russia Harvests 5.6 Million Tons Of Sugar Beet To Sept. 23

Russia Harvests 5.6 Million Tons Of Sugar Beet To Sept. 23
INO News Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:01 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Russia harvested 5.6 million metric tons of sugar beet to Sept. 23, which is 2.5 million tons less than on the same date last year, the Agriculture Ministry said Wednesday.

EU - Aumento de la producción de azúcar en Europa

Aumento de la producción de azúcar en Europa
Agrodigital

La producción de azúcar en la UE, este año, se estima entre 15,3 a 16,8 millones de toneladas, lo que supone un aumento de un 9,7% en relación con el año ...

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Algeria's Cevital to raise sugar output by 1 mln T

Algeria's Cevital to raise sugar output by 1 mln T
Reuters South Africa

... domestic market and export 900000 tonnes to Europe, Tunisia and Libya." Algeria's annual requirement of white sugar is estimated at 1 million tonnes. ...

Russian sugar output, imports seen rising

Russian sugar output, imports seen rising
Forex Pros

By Aleksandras Budrys MOSCOW, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Russia could import 75 percent more raw sugar next year, as stocks decline, and refine more sugar from ...

Guatemala despacha azúcar a México

Guatemala despacha azúcar a México
Prensa Libre (Guatemala)

Por lo menos dos despachos de azúcar han efectuado ingenios guatemaltecos para abastecer la demanda hacia México. Este producto fue colocado a finales de ...

Ukraine Sugar Output may be Lower Than Expected

Ukraine Sugar Output may be Lower Than Expected
FLEXNEWS

Kiev, Sept 22 - Ukraine's 2009/10 white sugar production may fall to less than the previously expected 1.5 million tonnes from 1.57 million in 2008 due to a ...

Egypt's Nubariya Sugar to up production : paper

Egypt's Nubariya Sugar to up production: paper
Reuters Botswana

The new figure represents a tripling of Egypt's production of 20000 feddans in the 2008/2009 season. Officials from Nubariya Sugar were not immediately ...

Thai 2010/11 Sugar Cane Crop May Be Record

Thai 2010/11 Sugar Cane Crop May Be Record
FLEXNEWS

That would produce around 8 million tonnes of sugar. The OCSB, which oversees the country's sugar industry, also forecast that Thailand would produce 71.6 ...

Australia - Tully Sugar unimpressed by Maryborough takeover

Tully Sugar unimpressed by Maryborough takeover
North Queensland Register

... Tully Sugar is pursuing other growth opportunities in northern Queensland as it prepares to shun a hostile bid by the listed Maryborough Sugar Factory ...

Venezuela - Productores prevén déficit de azúcar

Productores prevén déficit de azúcar
El Nacional (Venezuela)

El déficit de azúcar para atender el consumo nacional se mantendrá en la próxima zafra, advirtió el presidente de la Federación Nacional de Cañicultores, ...

India - Paddy-wheat cycle affecting sugar mills in Haryana

Paddy-wheat cycle affecting sugar mills in Haryana
Business Standard

The wheat-paddy crop offers unparallel remunerations to the farmers which they can't expect in sugarcane crop. Adds Kaushik, despite the fact that Haryana ...

Tuesday, 22 September 2009

India - MMTC contracts to import 140000T sugar

MMTC contracts to import 140000T sugar
Reuters India

The Indian government has eased sugar import rules and encouraged state firms to buy the sweetener to tackle rising prices and meet the seasonal surge in ...

México vende 450.000 T en licencias importación : comercio

México vende 450.000 T en licencias importación azúcar: comercio
Reuters América Latina

LONDRES (Reuters) - México asignó las 450.000 toneladas de una segunda licitación pública para las importaciones de azúcar que se enviarán a ese país en el ...

France - AgriMer Sees Higher French 2009 Sugar Output

FranceAgriMer Sees Higher French 2009 Sugar Output
FLEXNEWS

The office pegged this year's sugar beet crop at more than 33 million tonnes, with an average yield of close to 90 tonnes a hectare. "Sugar production of at ...

Nepal - Govt to import food grains to curb price hike

Govt to import food grains to curb price hike
Nepalnews.com

According to Ojha, the government has enough stock of sugar for Dashain festival. “ We will import additional 50000 metric tones of sugar from Thailand and ...

China - Aug Sugar Imports 45812 Tons Down 57% On Year

China Aug Sugar Imports 45812 Tons Down 57% On Year
BEIJING Dow Jones

China's sugar imports in August fell 57% from a year ago to 45812 metric tons the General Administration of Customs said Tuesday ...

Kenya - State Backs Down on Duty-Free Sugar Imports

Kenya: State Backs Down on Duty-Free Sugar Imports
allAfrica:

Nairobi — The government on Monday retracted its intention to allow duty-free sugar into the country to ease a biting shortage and curb rising domestic prices.

India - UP cane growers give millers a miss

UP cane growers give millers a miss
Express India Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:36 PM PDT

Sugarcane, which contributes significantly to the national exchequer, is set to be a major bone of contention in the bitter battle between the sugar millers and the gur & jaggery units in Uttar Pradesh this year.

Australia 09/10 sugar output revised up 4 pct

Australia 09/10 sugar output revised up 4 pct
Alibaba News Channel

Dry weather has helped cane-cutting but also now poses as a threat to next year's harvest. ABARE said Australia, the world's third-largest sugar exporter, ...

France - Los remolacheros franceses piden que se pueda exportar más azúcar

Los remolacheros franceses piden que se pueda exportar más azúcar
Agrodigital

En el sector remolachero de la UE se están dando dos situaciones increíbles: más azúcar y más barata que en el mercado mundial. ...

Mexico Sets 2009 Sugar Import Quotas at 900000 T

Mexico Sets 2009 Sugar Import Quotas at 900000 T
Flexfood

Mexico City, Sept 18 - Mexico's economy ministry set an additional sugar import quota on Friday, reaching a total of 900, 000 tonnes to cover the country's ...

Monday, 21 September 2009

Fiji - Another sugar shipment ready

Another sugar shipment ready
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd

The Fiji Sugar Corporation is ready to export another thirty thousand tones of sugar to London despite difficulties faced in the four sugar mills so far ...