India - Diversion of cane to gur units led to shortfall this year

Diversion of cane to gur units led to shortfall this year
Business Standard

... of the crop from cane areas reserved for sugar factories was a disincentive for them to do farm development work and go for further capacity expansion. ...

Zambia Sugar to double EU exports in 3-4 years

Zambia Sugar to double EU exports in 3-4 years
By Reuters

The company said off-season rains in the early part of the growing period negatively affected sugar production, although it would still be higher than ever before. Zambia Sugar said it had experienced start-up problems after the ...

Sugar-Beet Farmers Expect Record EU Harvest on Sun

Sugar-Beet Farmers Expect Record EU Harvest on Sun
Bloomberg

10 (Bloomberg) -- Europe's biggest producers of sugar beet expect a record harvest this year, boosted by warm weather and advances in creating ...

EU Sugar to Test Dubai Market, Easily Absorbed

EU Sugar to Test Dubai Market, Easily Absorbed
Food Industry News

Dec 9 - A fresh influx of 700000 tonnes of EU white sugar will compete for markets with Dubai's Al Khaleej refinery but demand for the sweetener is ravenous ...

Brasil garantiza producción de etanol para mezclarle a la gasolina

Brasil garantiza producción de etanol para mezclarle a la gasolina ...
ADN.es

La Unión de la Industria de la Caña de Azúcar (Unica) de Brasil garantizó hoy para el próximo año la producción de etanol anhidro para cumplir con la mezcla ...

Cae rendimiento de zafra azucarera en Cuba

Cae rendimiento de zafra azucarera en Cuba
Invertia (Chile)

El rendimiento de la cosecha de azúcar en Cuba cayó de 41 a 35 toneladas por hectárea comparado con la zafra pasada, por problemas climáticos y de ...

Philippines - Bid to retag sugar shelved

Bid to retag sugar shelved
Business Mirror

“Our first priority is to ensure that there will be enough sugar in the domestic market. The other thing is we want to make sure that there will be

Maharashtra sugar output up 15%, at 11.6 lakh tonne

Maharashtra sugar output up 15%, at 11.6 lakh tonne
Express India Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:02 PM PST

Sugar output in Maharashtra, the largest producing state, has increased by 15% to 11.6 lakh tonne so far this season, due to more crushing of cane.

Brazil Sugar Output to Be Lower on Heavy Rain, FCStone Says

Brazil Sugar Output to Be Lower on Heavy Rain, FCStone Says
Bloomberg Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:26 AM PST

Output is estimated at 28.9 million metric tons, down from the company’s 29.3 million tons projected on Nov. 16, Ricardo Nogueira, an analyst with the Kansas City-based company, said in a telephone interview yesterday.

Ak-Can submits highest bid in Turk sugar sell-off

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-12-08 16:26 UPDATE 1-Ak-Can submits highest bid in Turk sugar sell-off
Interactive Investor Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:58 AM PST

ANKARA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Turkey's Ak-Can Seker made the highest bid of $606 million in the sale of six Turkish sugar factories on Tuesday, boosting the country's faltering privatisation process. Low foreign investor interest due to the global financial crisis has put the brakes on privatisations this year after considerable progress in recent years, but investor sentiment is now seen improving ...

China to release 200000 T white sugar reserves

China to release 200000 T white sugar reserves
Alibaba News Channel

BEIJING, Dec 8 - China will release the first batch of 200000 tonnes of white sugar from state reserves on Thursday to cool down surging domestic prices, ...

PERU SUGAR CANE PRODUCTION TO POST TEN PERCENT GROWTH NEXT YEAR

PERUSUGAR CANE PRODUCTION TO POST TEN PERCENT GROWTH NEXT YEAR
Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm

Most local sugar production is causing not only a drop of imports but also discovering new export markets, according to a rising price of sugar in the world ...

Swaziland - SSA experiences decline in sugar product sales

SSA experiences decline in sugar product sales
The Swazi Observer

Overall, the sugar industry was never going to remain immune from the effects of the world economic crises and the reported shortfalls reflect a decline in ...

Armenian Tycoon Branches Out With Sugar

Armenian Tycoon Branches Out With Sugar Plant
Armenialiberty.org

“We will be able to produce about 220000 tons of sugar a year.” “We plan to export it to Georgia, northern Iran and, if there are shortages, even to Russia ...

Interim trade agreement important for Serbian economy

Interim trade agreement important for Serbian economy
emportal

Serbia will receive exclusive tariffs for the export of certain sensitive products categorised under the eu s special trade regime, such as sugar (180000 ...

Philippines - Industry says SRA order tightens export supply

Industry says SRA order tightens export supply
Malaya - Manila, Philippines

SRA Order # 1-A issued last November 3 scraps class D sugar - sugar for world export ... in the region will be subject only to a zero to 5 percent tariff. ...

India - TN Sugar mills strengths overweigh weakness

TN Sugar mills strengths overweigh weakness
Economic Times

Plus, since the mills are located near the ports ( in the radius of 150 to 200 km), in a surplus year, they can export sugar and in periods of cane shortage ...

Jamaica - sugar crop begins at Frome Estate

sugar crop begins at Frome Estate - JamaicaObserver.com
JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM

Jamaica - Local producers to supply sugar to local market

Local producers to supply sugar to local market
radiojamaica.com

... is a major producer of sugar it normally has to import the commodity to meet local demand as most of what is manufactured goes to the export market. ...

Brazil - Cana: mix da Guarani será de 67% de açúcar em 2010/201

Cana: mix da Guarani será de 67% de açúcar em 2010/2011
Jornal Cruzeiro do Sul

A Açúcar Guarani deverá continuar investindo na produção de açúcar na próxima safra 2010/2011. Segundo o presidente da companhia, Jacyr Costa Filho, ...

India - 118 sugar mills start crushing

118 sugar mills start crushing
Times of India

While 118 mills have started operations, remaining 10 units are expected to start crushing by next week, said minister for cane and sugar industry ...

Malaysia - Sugar import policy to stay says Jacob

Sugar import policy to stay says Jacob

THE International Trade and Industry Ministry will continue with its current policy of allowing only certain permitted companies to import sugar said Deputy ...

India sugar stocks down to 2 mln T in Nov - trade

UPDATE 1-India sugar stocks down to 2 mln T in Nov - trade
Reuters India

The extent of our imports in 2009/10 will largely depend on production this year," said Mukesh Kuvadia, secretary general of the Bombay Sugar Merchants ...

Brazil - Porto de Paranaguá aumenta exportação de açúcar em 29%

Porto de Paranaguá aumenta exportação de açúcar em 29%
Agência Estadual de Notícias

As exportações de açúcar pelo Porto de Paranaguá cresceram 29,95%, no acumulado de janeiro a novembro deste ano, em comparação ao mesmo período de 2008. ...

Honduras - No subirá el precio del azúcar

No subirá el precio del azúcar
La Tribuna (Honduras)

La Asociación de Productores de Azúcar de Honduras (APAH) garantizó hoy que no incrementarán el precio del producto, pese que en la época navideña se ...

AFTA paves way for Thailand´s sugar export

AFTA paves way for Thailand´s sugar export...
National News Bureau of

According to this it is advantageous for Thailand to increase marketing opportunities for sugar exports through the ASEAN market ...

Indonesia - RI to import 500000 tons of sugar

RI to import 500000 tons of sugar
ANTARA

He said that the white crystal sugar imports were unavoidable because the country`s sugar production depended very much on the climate which could not be ...

Belize - No start in sight for sugar industry crop season

No start in sight for sugar industry crop season

because, as we reported earlier this week, neither the Belize Sugar Industry Limited nor the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers. Association have met to agree on a ...

Aumentará Costa Rica producción de azúcar en un millón de sacos

Aumentará Costa Rica producción de azúcar en un millón de sacos
Centro de Información por Internet de China

En Costa Rica destacan como principales productoras de azúcar la provincia de Guanacaste, al noroeste cerca de la frontera con Nicaragua, así como la región ...