Saturday, 28 November 2009

India - Sugar production cost jumps to Rs 55 per kg

Sugar production cost jumps to Rs 55 per kg
MININGcom News

Due to 100 percent increase in sugarcane support price by the growers and international increase in furnace oil price and 17 percent general sales tax (GST) ...

Angola - Usina da Odebrecht em Angola terá tecnologia da ETH

Usina da Odebrecht em Angola terá tecnologia da ETH
Último Segundo

Segundo ele, na safra 2010/11, que se inicia em abril do próximo ano, a Biocom deverá produzir apenas 30 mil toneladas de açúcar. "A expectativa é atingir a ...

Friday, 27 November 2009

El Salvador - Zafra cosechará más de 11 millones de quintales de azúcar

Zafra cosechará más de 11 millones de quintales de azúcar
El Diario CoLatino

Se prevé que en esta época de zafra se cosechen 11.4 millones de quintales de azúcar, informaron el Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG) y la ...

Australia - Sugar looks good, but wheat outlook bleak

Sugar looks good, but wheat outlook bleak
Sydney Morning Herald

Research released by the Commonwealth Bank shows sugar production may rise 6.5 per cent next season as higher prices spur farmers to plant a larger crop. ...

Brazil - Mais municípios gaúchos poderão cultivar cana

Mais municípios gaúchos poderão cultivar cana
Zero Hora

Uma instrução normativa do Ministério da Agricultura publicada hoje inclui 71 municípios gaúchos no zoneamento agroecológico da cana-de-açúcar. ...

Paraguay - Empresarios temen escasez de azúcar por condiciones climáticas

Empresarios temen escasez de azúcar por condiciones climáticas
Última Hora (Paraguay)

Empresarios del sector azucarero anuncian una probable escasez del producto y solicitan al Gobierno la autorización para importar azúcar de países vecinos. ...

Thursday, 26 November 2009

China to sell 500000 mts of domestic sugar stocks

China to sell 500000 mts of domestic sugar stocks
Ninemsn

China is to sell 500000 tonnes of white sugar from its state stockpiles to cool domestic prices after drought affected the cane crop in Guangxi province and ...

Ingenios azúcar en Brasil seguirán molienda caña entre cosechas

Ingenios azúcar en Brasil seguirán molienda caña entre cosechas
Invertia (Estados Unidos)

Cerca del 15 por ciento, o alrededor de 40 ingenios azucareros de la región centro sur de Brasil seguirán operando y moliendo caña de azúcar entre cosechas,

Hungary - Magyar Cukor processes 50% more sugar beet at refinery

Magyar Cukor processes 50% more sugar beet at refinery
Budapest Business Journal Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:55 AM PST

Magyar Cukor expects to process 730,000 tons of sugar beet at its refinery in Kaposvár this season, one and a half times more than last season, CEO Béla Fischer said at a press conference in Budapest on Thursday.

Chilena Iansa ve aumento capital 55 mln dlr para negocio azúcar

Chilena Iansa ve aumento capital 55 mln dlr para negocio azúcar
Invertia (Chile)

Para focalizarse en su negocio del azúcar, Iansa reforzará sus plantas ubicadas en el sur de Chile y en el sistema de distribución, con inversiones por unos ...

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

India could export sugar in 2010/11: Report

India could export sugar in 2010/11: Report
Economic Times

LONDON: India could export 1.0 million tonnes of sugar in 2010/11, Vinay Kumar, managing director of the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories, ...

Trade curbs force EU to hoard raised sugar output

Trade curbs force EU to hoard raised sugar output
Agrimoney.com

Europe is on track for a bumper sugar production – but that will not go far in solving the global shortage of the sweetener because of limits on the levels ...

Venezuela importará 132.013 toneladas de azúcar cruda para cubrir

Venezuela importará 132.013 toneladas de azúcar cruda para cubrir ...
Invertia (Chile)

Venezuela importará 132.013 toneladas de azúcar de caña para suplir las fallas en el abastecimiento de este producto en el mercado nacional, ...

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

British Sugar tight-lipped on record beet yields

British Sugar tight-lipped on record beet yields
FarmersWeekly

"We didn't do anything different in terms of managing the crop; it's purely down to the weather." Sugar contents had been equally impressive, averaging over ...

Brazil - Unica: produção de açúcar cresce 9,82% e de álcool cai 5,46%

Unica: produção de açúcar cresce 9,82% e de álcool cai 5,46%
Unica

Ribeirão Preto, 24 - A produção de açúcar no Centro-Sul atingiu 26,18 milhões de toneladas ea de álcool chegou a 20,41 bilhões de litros até a primeira ...

Brazil's Center South Harvest May End Next Month, Datagro Says

Brazil's Center South Harvest May End Next Month, Datagro Says
Bloomberg

Sugar is limited by the sugar production capacity” in Brazil, Nastari said. The Center South's sugar-cane output will rise about 10 percent to 565 million ...

Brazil - Bunge pode se tornar a 3ª maior do Brasil em açúcar e álcool

Bunge pode se tornar a 3ª maior do Brasil em açúcar e álcool
Portogente

A multinacional Bunge, um dos maiores grupos de agronegócio do mundo, está perto de se tornar a terceira maior produtora brasileira de açúcar e álcool. ...

Chile - Fitch Maintains Iansa's Ratings on Watch Negative

Fitch Maintains Iansa's Ratings on Watch Negative
Business Wire

In the last two agricultural seasons, Iansa registered a considerable decrease in sugar production, as a result of both a lower beet plantation due to ...

Thai 2009/10 Sugar Crushing Starts, 7 Mln Tonnes Seen

Thai 2009/10 Sugar Crushing Starts, 7 Mln Tonnes Seen
FLEXNEWS

The OCSB has forecast Thailand would produce around 7.6 million tonnes of sugar from around 76.4 million tonnes of cane in the current 2009/10 crop. ...

Brazil - Pesquisadores estudam aumento da produção de soja e cana-de-açúcar

Pesquisadores estudam aumento da produção de soja e cana-de-açúcar
Portal Agrosoft

Estas são as questões centrais do projeto de pesquisa Intagro - Intensificação agropecuária em polos de produção de soja e cana-de-açúcar: territorialidade, ...

EU sugar production is forecast to increase almost 2 million MT as a result of record beet sugar yields.

In the final MY 2009/10 of the implementation of the sugar reform, EU sugar production is forecast to increase almost 2 million MT as a result of record beet sugar yields.

USDA Annual Report

In the final MY 2009/10 of the implementation of the sugar reform, EU sugar production is forecast to increase almost 2 million MT as a result of record beet sugar yields.  This will put EU processors before a dilemma as EU sugar exports are limited by its WTO export commitment limit and conversion to ethanol is expected to be uneconomical as a result of high world prices for sugar and low EU domestic cereal prices.

Monday, 23 November 2009

India - Punjab, Haryana expect sharp fall in sugar output

Punjab, Haryana expect sharp fall in sugar output
Daily News & Analysis

PTI Chandigarh: The cane-crushing season in Punjab and Haryana is set to start from November 25, and both the states are expecting a sharp 38% fall in sugar ...

India Nov sugar imports seen at 810000 T-sources

India Nov sugar imports seen at 810000 T-sources
Reuters India

NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - India is expected to receive 700000 tonnes of imported raw sugar and 110000 tonnes of whites this month, trade sources told ...

Pakistan - Plan to import raw sugar scrapped

Plan to import raw sugar scrapped
Pak Watan

ISLAMABAD, The government has scrapped its plan to import raw sugar approved by the federal cabinet on November 4, 2009, after detailed deliberations with ...

China October Sugar Imports Up Sharply On Year At 56,882 Tons

China October Sugar Imports Up Sharply On Year At 56,882 Tons
The Forex Market

BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China's sugar imports in October rose sharply to 56,882 metric tons, the General Administration of Customs said Monday. Last October, the country imported 13,911 tons of sugar.

Indonesia - Govt pushes producers to meet sugar demand

Govt pushes producers to meet sugar demand
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia

According to the Indonesia Refined Sugar Association (AGRI), national sugar demand this year is 4.85 million tons, 2.7 million tons of which is for ...

Bolivia - Autorizan exportación de 72.000 t de azúcar

Autorizan exportación de 72.000 t de azúcar
La Prensa (Bolivia)

Luego de que el Gobierno emitiera el Decreto 348 para regular la exportación de azúcar con el fin de garantizar el mercado interno a precio justo, ...

Turkey - Joint venture formed for sugar factories

Joint venture formed for sugar factories
Hurriyet Daily News

Regarding the bidding, which involves six state-owned sugar factories, Topçuolu said: “These factories have great importance for Turkey-s sugar production. ...

Indias Sugar Output May Beat Estimates on Yield, Survey Show

Indias Sugar Output May Beat Estimates on Yield, Survey Shows
Bloomberg

23 (Bloomberg) -- Sugar production in India, the worlds second-largest grower, may be 11 percent more than estimated after farmers boosted planting and ...

Spain - Un proyecto trata de resucitar la caña en la Vega de Motril para

Un proyecto trata de resucitar la caña en la Vega de Motril para ...
Ideal Digital

El objetivo: Analizar la viabilidad de recuperar y adaptar las infraestucturas existentes de cultivo, producción y explotación de la caña de azúcar y la ...

Sunday, 22 November 2009

India - Ethanol factories set to whir back to life

Ethanol factories set to whir back to life
Daily News and Analysis

It is estimated that India will require around 1.2 billion litres of ethanol, primarily made from sugar cane, every year to cater to the 10% blending ...

India - OMCs ready to pay Rs 26 a litre for ethanol

OMCs ready to pay Rs 26 a litre for ethanol
Sify

However, the sugar industry is seeking Rs 28 a litre and, according to industry sources, only 40 per cent of the required quantity (680 million litres, ...

India - Cane crushing to produce over 100 lakh tonnes

Cane crushing to produce over 100 lakh tonnes
Business Standard

However, government expects the sugar production in the state to increase to 11.57 lakh tonnes this fiscal following rise in area under sugarcane crop. ...

India - Shree Renukas unique strategy puts it in a sweet spot

Shree Renukas unique strategy puts it in a sweet spot
Livemint

Its results reflect the combined effect of higher sugar production and higher realizations. The companys strategy is unique, focusing on a higher share of ...