Wednesday, 29 December 2010

India - we have decided to continue the stock limit on sugar for another three months," Pawar said. At present, the stock holding limit is 1,000 tonnes for traders in Kolkata and 200 tonnes for rest of the country.

EGoM decides to continue ban on export of pulses
NDTV.com

The EGoM also decided to extend stock limit on sugar till March end. During the meet it was also decided that states under BPL rates will get additional 25 ...

The Sugar Board of Tanzania (SBT) has issued a sugar import licenses to import about 30,000 tonnes to be distributed next year

DJ Tanzania Issues Licenses To Import 30000 Tons Sugar In 2011 ...
IPPMedia

The Sugar Board of Tanzania (SBT) has issued a sugar import licenses to 21 local companies which have been allowed to import about 30,000 tonnes to be distributed next year, it has learnt.
The move intends to bridge a sugar gap which has been created due to normal closure of factories in the country.

Monday, 27 December 2010

Nicaragua's sugar production in the 2010/11 harvest, which began last month, is seen rising 2 percent compared with last year's season, the national sugar producers association told Reuters

Nicaragua's 20100-11 sugar harvest seen up
Business Recorder (press release)

MANAGUA (December 26, 2010) : Nicaragua's sugar production in the 2010/11 harvest, which began last month, is seen rising 2 percent compared with last ...

Australia - Raw-sugar production next season of about 4 million tonnes might be a ''good outcome'' given current seasonal conditions, he said.

Rain will keep production low, says Queensland Sugar
Sidney Morning Herald

Raw-sugar production next season of about 4 million tonnes might be a ''good outcome'' given current seasonal conditions, he said. ...

Sunday, 26 December 2010

Vietnam's sugar imports in 2011 could reach 250000 tonnes, down 16.7 percent from the import volume expected this year

Vietnam 2011 sugar imports seen down
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)

HANOI (December 26, 2010) : Vietnam's sugar imports in 2011 could reach 250000 tonnes, down 16.7 percent from the import volume expected this year, ...

Friday, 24 December 2010

Indian commodity exchanges will begin sugar futures from Monday, initially launching six contracts, the commodities market regulator told Reuters on Friday.

India to start sugar futures from Monday:FMC
Economic Times

: Indian commodity exchanges will begin sugar futures from Monday, initially launching six contracts, the commodities market regulator told Reuters on ...

Thursday, 23 December 2010

Thailand - The Cane and Sugar Board says consumers will have to accept a price increase as inevitable once it goes ahead with plans to partially float the price of sugar.

OCSB: Domestic prices to rise
Bangkok Post

Under the proposed reform of the sugar industry, the 70:30 revenue-sharing system in which 70% of all income from sugar sales goes to planters and 30% to ...

Pakistan may import 700,000 metric tons of sugar to ease shortages the country's farm minister said

Pakistan May Import More Cotton, Sugar After Floods
Dec. 23 (Bloomberg)

Pakistan may import 700000 metric tons of sugar and 4 million bales of ...

Wednesday, 22 December 2010

China - Commerce Minister Chen Deming told an internal ministry meeting the government will import to shore up reserves of sugar and meat

China says will import to refill agricultural stocks-UPDATE 1
Forexyard

Commerce Minister Chen Deming told an internal ministry meeting the government will import to shore up reserves of sugar and meat, among other staples, ...

Monday, 20 December 2010

China November Sugar Imports 20,000 Tons -Customs Service

* China November Sugar Imports 20000 Tons - Customs Service

China November Sugar Imports 20000 TonsCustoms Service. Dec 19 2010Dow Jones Commodities News Select via ComtexMORE TO FOLLOW Dow Jones Newswires ...

Swaziland - MBABANE – Sugar production dropped to its lowest levels in five years during the 2009/2010 period.

Sugar production drops to fiveyear low
Times of Swaziland

According to President of the Swaziland Sugar Association (SSA) and Managing Director of the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation (RSSC) Nick Jackson’s statement in the SSA Annual Report for the period ending March 31, 2010 sugar production during the period under review stood at 605 656 tonnes.

Sunday, 19 December 2010

To fight supply shortages the Central Bank of Egypt exempted 50 per cent cover requirement on sugar imports for a 6 months period

Egypt drops cash cover requirement on sugar import
Ahram Online

It was exempting banks from a 50 per cent cash cover requirement on sugar imports for a period of six months, a move that should spur imports and help tackle food price inflation, Egypt`s central bank said.

Saturday, 18 December 2010

Honduras - 30 % drop in production causes producers to threaten exports to safeguard domestic supply

Azucareros de Honduras advierten alza de precio
LaPrensa.hn

Debido a las pérdidas en la producción de azúcar registradas durante el 2010, los empresarios del rubro advierten a la población que a inicios del próximo ...

Friday, 17 December 2010

U.S. Sugar Corporation said today that five nights of below freezing temperatures over the last 10 days has severely damaged its 2010 sugarcane crop.

U.S. Sugar racing to harvest damaged cane
From Staff Reports

U.S. Sugar Corporation said today that five nights of below freezing temperatures over the last 10 days has severely damaged its 2010 ...

Ukraine - We made a commitment to the WTO to import about 260,000 tons of raw sugar at zero rate. This raw sugar will most likely be imported. In addition, about 50,000-70,000 tons was imported from Belarus.

Ukraine. Agrarian Fund contracts 100000 tons of sugar
UkrAgroConsult

"The government has an instrument of trade interventions as an element of market influence on the price of sugar," he added. He said that reports of the ...

Thursday, 16 December 2010

More sugar will be flowing on both sides of the U.S. – Mexico border, in part due to the efforts of Imperial Sugar Company (ISC).

Mexican Transfer Station Sets Stage for Growth | Imperial Sugar ...
By iscnewsroom

ISC continues to strengthen its position in the Mexican sugar industry with the opening of a new rail transfer station and storage warehouse at the Comercializadora Santos Imperial (CSI) facility near Monterrey, Mexico. ...

The European Commission deferred a decision on whether to raise its sugar export quota to next year because of a “continuous tightness” in supplies

EU Defers Decision on Higher Sugar Export Quota Into Next Year
Bloomberg

“Overall the sugar supply is tight because official prices on the EU market are at the level or maybe slightly below world market prices. ...

France - Sugar beet yields up ten percent versus last year.

13 tn de azúcar por ha en Francia
Agrodigital

El Centro francés de información del azúcar (CEDUS) ha confirmado ahora en diciembre, los datos de rendimiento de la campaña remolachera en Francia de 83-85 ...

India - Govt allows 500,000 tn sugar exports, says Pawar

Govt allows 500000 tn sugar exports, says Pawar
Business Standard

The announcement comes as sugar production in the current year is expected to be around 25.5 million tonne which is expected to leave the country with a ...

Pakistan - "local sugar production would be around 3.46 million tonne,” - managing Director Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan

Govt offering sugar at cheaper rate in region
Daily Times

... however recovery level in sugarcane has improved — due to which local sugar production would be around 3.46 million tonne,” Arif told. ...

Wednesday, 15 December 2010

USDA ERS - The December issue of the SUGAR AND SWEETENERS OUTLOOK is available

The December issue of the SUGAR AND SWEETENERS OUTLOOK is available in PDF format. You are able to view this publication at:
USDA
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1386

The next issue of SUGAR AND SWEETENERS OUTLOOK will be released on January 2011.  This report examines world and U.S. production, consumption, trade, stocks, and prices for beet and cane sugar, and high fructose corn syrup.

Brazil - it will be very difficult to reach 560 million tons of cane processed in South-Central region," concluded Robinson. In August, the projection was last reviewed by UNICA, the total expected number was 570.19 million tons.

Brazil Center South Sugar Output Falls in Second Half November
UNICA

Sugar output in Brazil´s Center South fell 18 percent in the second ...

India - Of the 8.09 lakh tonne of sugar allowed for export till March 31, release orders have been sought for only 5.20 lakh tonne.

Sugar mills fulfil 53% of ALS export obligation
Express India Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:52 PM PST

Even though sugar millers have been demanding permission to export sugar under the open general license but official figures show that till now only 53% of their export obligation under advance license scheme has been fulfiled.

Australia - Queensland Sugar Ltd (QSL), plans to acquire more raw sugar from Brazil and Thailand to meet its export commitments a QSL spokesman said on Wednesday.

Australia's QSL to buy more Thai, Brazil sugar-UPDATE 1
Forexyard

Brazil, the world's largest sugar exporter, is harvesting a record cane crop, but final output will be lower than initial forecasts as below-average rains ...

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Mexico produced 398,537 tons of sugar during the first seven weeks of the 2010-2011 harvest, up 53% from the amount produced by this time last year because the harvest got off to an earlier start this year

DJ Mexico's 2010-2011 Sugar Production At 398537 Tons To Dec 11
news.tradingcharts.com

As the harvest continues, the difference in sugar production between this year and last year is becoming smaller. According to the report, the latest yield ...

Ukrainian sugar refineries produced 1.53 million tonnes of sugar from sugar beets as of Dec.14, 2010, which was 22.7% up on the same date of 2009.

Ukraine produces 1.53 m tonnes of sugar from sugar beets as of Dec.14
Kyiv Post

Ukraine produced 1.264 million tonnes of beet sugar in 2009 against 1.574 million tonnes in 2008. The capacity of Ukraine's sugar market is estimated at ...

Fiji - a total of 1.7 million tonnes of cane has been crushed this season - with sugar production now standing at 132,000 tonnes

Sugar mills stop crushing
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd

Meanwhile - a total of 1.7 million tonnes of cane has been crushed this season - with sugar production now standing at 132000 tonnes.

Australian sugar output may drop 21 percent to 3.58 million metric tons ABARE said in a report today

Sugar Output in Australia May Plunge to 19-Year Low, Abares Says
BusinessWeek

Abares in September estimated a harvest of 4.55 million tons, compared with production last season of 4.52 million tons. Raw sugar futures rose 4.7 percent ...

Monday, 13 December 2010

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Expert: Ukraine will not cover need in sugar at expense of own production in ...
UkrAgroConsult
Ukraine, in 2010/2011 MY will not cover the need in sugar at the expense of own production, Supervisory Council Chairman of OJSC Sugar Union Ukrros Serhiy ...
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Sunday, 12 December 2010

United States - November Sugar Monthly Import and Re-Export Data Report

Sugar Monthly Imports Circular —
USDA

U.S. Raw Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota WTO Allocations and Entries by Month, Fiscal Year 2010 and U.S. Raw Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota (TRQ), Fiscal Year 2010 (.pdf) ...

Saturday, 11 December 2010

Cameroon - Sosucam's annual sugar output officially stands at 130,000 tons, some 70,000 tons less than the estimated sugar use.

DJ Cameroon Sugar Shortage Continues As Import Plan Fails-Official
YAOUNDE, Cameroon, Dec 11, 2010 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) --

Cameroon government continues to ration sugar in a bid to fight price hikes as an ...

China, the largest market for Cuban sugar, signed contracts with Cuba on Friday for the import of that product in 2011.

Cuba, China Ink Sugar Deals for 2011
Cuba Headlines

Beijing, Dec 10 (Prensa Latina) China, the largest market for Cuban sugar, signed contracts with Cuba on Friday for the import of that product in 2011. ...

Portugal - Since late October RAR has not refined sugar. It has imported refined and only repacked.

RAR despede e importa açúcar já refinado
Jornal de Notícias

A situação menos favorável da RAR pode explicar em parte a redução de açúcar para venda nos hiper e supermercados eo seu racionamento para que nenhum ...

Friday, 10 December 2010

Google Alert - sugar harvest

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Sugar Consumption to Outpace Supply, ABN Amro, VM Say
Bloomberg
Dry weather early in the growing season and rain during harvest hurt crops in Brazil, and rainfall curbed production in India. The countries are the biggest ...
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The biggest chains of supermarkets and hypermarkets in Portugal are short of sugar

Shortage of sugar in hypermarkets in Portugal leads to ration sales
Economico

The biggest chain of supermarkets and hypermarkets in Portugal are short of sugar, which led them to begin rationing food this good. ...

Cuba begins sugar crop with 4 fewer mills.

Cuba inicia la zafra de azúcar con cuatro centrales menos tras la ...
EFE

La cosecha de azúcar 2010-2011 en Cuba comenzó este mes con el arranque de dos de las 39 fábricas que producirán durante la temporada, cuatro menos que en ...

Belize - 2011 Sugar Crop to begin December 15

2011 Sugar Crop to begin December 15!!
The Guardian, Belize

This has caused the Industry to suffer from alarmingly low sugar production, causing a notable shortage in sugar sales to the EU and US markets. ...

India may slap tax on sugar imports from January after reviewing output estimates for the new season that began in October, Farm Minister Sharad Pawar said on Thursday.

Import duty on sugar likely in Jan
Financial express

latest business and finance news: Import duty on sugar likely in Jan.

Thursday, 9 December 2010

Russia imported 1.943 million metric tons of raw sugar in Jan/Oct 2010

DJ Russian Raw Sugar Imports In JanOct Rose 59.7% On Year
Trading Charts

MOSCOW Dec 09 2010Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex Russia imported 1.943 million metric tons of raw sugar in JanuaryOctober 59.7% more than in the ...

Venezuela - Sugar production may reach 450,000 tonnes.

Mal tiempo "amarga" la zafra de caña de azúcar
ElMundo.com.ve

Caña de azúcar menos dulce o con menor concentración de sacarosa. Esa es otra de las consecuencias que están generando en los cultivos agrícolas las fuertes ...

Armenia - The new sugar refinery in Akhuryan has actually stopped operating because of the unsold sugar surplus, while Armenia’s neighbors lack the product.

Armenia: high in sugar and high sugar prices
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am

A rather interesting situation can be observed in Armenias sugar market. The new sugar refinery in Akhuryan has actually stopped operating because of the ...

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Mail - AfDB Group Approves Euros 65 Million to Finance Markala Sugar Project in Mali

AfDB Group Approves ? 65 Million to Finance Markala Sugar Project in Mali
AllAfrica.com

The sugar will be traded on the domestic as well as the regional market, especially in Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal. The ethanol plant will produce 15 ...

Mexico produced 269,571 tons of sugar during the first six weeks of the 2010-11 sugar harvest, 72% more than it produced during the same time last season

DJ Mexicos 2010-11 Sugar Production 269571 Tons To Dec 4
TradingCharts

Sugar officials had estimated that 237817 tons would be produced during the period. As the harvest continues, the difference in sugar production between ...

Guyana - The sugar production this year would be the lowest since 1991 when the industry produced 156,690 tonnes

Sugar production will be lowest since 1991 – GAWU warns : Kaieteur ...
Kaiteur

The sugar production this year would be the lowest since 1991 when the industry produced 156690 tonnes.” GAWU stressed that with production on Monday ...

China will face a sugar shortfall of more than 2 million tonnes this crop year

China faces sugar deficit
Business Spectator

... of more than 2 million tonnes after taking into account sugar brought in from Cuba in a government deal and private imports under a low-tariff scheme. ...

ROYAL Swaziland Sugar Corporation (RSSC) recorded a decline by 8% in sugar production this year compared to last.

Sugar production drops
The Swazi Observer

ROYAL Swaziland Sugar Corporation (RSSC) recorded a decline by 8% in sugar production this year compared to last. This is contained in the companys ...

Indonesia will issue import permits for 2.425 million tonnes of raw sugar in 2011, up five percent from this year

Indonesia sees 2.425 mln T raw sugar imports in 2011
Reuters

JAKARTA Dec 8 (Reuters) - Indonesia will issue import permits for 2.425 million tonnes of raw sugar in 2011, up five percent from this year on stronger ...

Pakistan, Asia’s third-largest sugar user, may import as much as 600,000 metric tons of sugar in the next calendar year to ease shortages and control prices, said the Sindh Abadgar Board, a grower’s group.

Pakistan May Buy 600000 Tons of Sugar in 2011 to Meet Demand, Group Says
Bloomberg

By Khurrum Anis - Wed Dec 08 06:48:19 GMT 2010 Pakistan, Asias third-largest sugar user, may import as much as 600000 metric tons of sugar in the next ...

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Ukraine processed 87 percent of its sugar-beet harvest and produced 1.49 million metric tons of the sweetener as of Dec. 3

Ukraines Sugar Refiners Processed 87% of Sugar-Beet Harvest
Bloomberg By Kateryna Choursina - Tue Dec 07 14:28:17 GMT

2010 Ukraine processed 87 percent of its sugar-beet harvest and produced 1.49 million metric tons of the ...

Russia will keep the tax on raw-sugar imports at $140 a metric ton in January, the Customs Union Commission, which oversees the tariff, said on its website.

Russia RawSugar Import Tax at $140 a Ton Next Month
BusinessWeek

Russia will keep the tax on raw-sugar imports at $140 a metric ton in January, the Customs Union Commission, which oversees the tariff, said on its website.

Pakistan - to curb sugar consumption in the wake of ongoing shortage, the Punjab govt has banned the use of sweetener in the public sector offices.

Punjab bans use of sugar in offices
The Nation, Pakistan

LAHORE (Online) – In a move to curb sugar consumption in the wake of ongoing shortage, the Punjab govt has banned the use of sweetener in the public sector ...

Monday, 6 December 2010

Vietnam - total sugar output in 2010-2011 crop of about 1 million tonnes, therefore, the import quota in 2011 may be at about 250,000 tonnes.

Vietnam may import 250000 tonnes of sugar in 2011 | Vietnam ...
By VBN

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has lately estimated to reach total sugar output in 2010-2011 crop of about 1 million tonnes, therefore, the import quota in 2011 may be at about 250000 tonnes. ...

Australia - "Due to the very wet conditions, expected sugar exports for this season (ending June 30) have fallen from around 3.0 million (in 2009-10) to 2.2 million tons

DJ Queensland Sugar: 2010-11 Exports -27% On Year To 2.2 Mln Tons ...
Investors.com

"Due to the very wet conditions, expected sugar exports for this season (ending June 30) have fallen from around 3.0 million (in 2009-10) to 2.2 million ..

India could approve "open general licence" sugar exports in 3 tranches of 0.5 mmt each in Dec, Jan and Feb.

Govt could approve OGL sugar exports in tranches
Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - India, the world's number 2 sugar producer after Brazil, could approve open general licence sugar exports in three tranches of 500000 ...

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Sunday, 5 December 2010

United Kingdom - British Baker understands that British Sugar is not in a selling position at the moment, but the company declined to comment on the current market situation.

UK bakers face dilemma as sugar supply runs dry
British Baker

“The EU needs to raise the quota for domestic sugar production, to alleviate the situation,” he said. There is a global supply/demand deficit,

Olam sets up US$200m sugar venture in Nigeria

Olam sets up US$200m sugar venture in Nigeria: Update
The Edge Singapore

Olam International, a commodity supplier backed by Singapores Temasek Holdings Pte, plans to set up a US$200 million ($261.9 million) sugar-refining venture at a port in Nigeria to tap growing demand in the nation. Olam will have an 80% stake in the operation with the Lababidi Group, an African company with interests ranging from wheat milling to port real estate, holding the rest. Half the ...

United States - Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. yielded 172000 tons of sugar this year, up from 127000 tons in 2009

Output up at Hawaii's last sugar plantation
KPUA

By AP KAHULUI, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. yielded 172000 tons of sugar this year, up from 127000 tons in 2009. ...

Brazil - Sugar exports in November total 2.56 mmt raws and 0.545 mmt whites.

Açúcar: receita com exportação é recorde em novembro a US$ 1,5 bi ...
AESão Paulo

A receita com exportações de açúcar em novembro é recorde de todos os tempos, com arrecadação de US$ 1,5 bilhão no período, de acordo com os dados divulgados pelo Ministério de Desenvolvimento, Indústria e Comércio ...

Friday, 3 December 2010

France - Based on standardized sugar content of 16 percent, this year’s beet production would amount to 31.3 million tons, down from 35 million tons in 2009

French Sugar-Beet Production Falls on Lower Yields, Growers Say
Bloomberg

High world-market prices have caused the EU to become a less attractive market for sugar exporters, meaning the blocs imports in the 2009-2010 marketing ...

Philippines - SRA sees 2010-2011 sugar output to reach 1.96 million MT

SRA sees 2010-2011 sugar output to reach 1.96 million MT
GMANews.TV

The projected sugar production for crop year September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011 is just enough to meet the annual domestic requirement of 2 million MT. ...

Thursday, 2 December 2010

In January-October Azerbaijan imported 275,930 tons of sugar

NewsAz Azerbaijan raises sugar import
News.az

The sugar import has increased by 11% over the same period of 2009. In 2009 Azerbaijan imported 306744.9 tons of sugar in the amount of $105708300 which is ...

The European Union (EU) decided to temporarily suspend the tariff on an import quota of 334,000 tonnes of sugar from Brazil

EU suspends rate on sugar from Brazil -
Portal ClippingMP

The European Union (EU) decided to temporarily suspend the tariff on an import quota of 334,000 tonnes of sugar from Brazil. ...

India - Maharashtra's sugar output in the 2010-11 season (October-September) may turn out to be about 15 lakh tonnes (lt) lower than the initial estimate of 95 lt.

The Hindu Business Line : Maharashtra sugar output may fall below initial estimate
The Hindu

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:22 AM PST Maharashtra's sugar output in the 2010-11 season (October-September) may turn out to be about 15 lakh tonnes (lt) lower than the initial estimate of 95 lt.

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Algeria's Cevital plans to double to 1 million tonnes its white sugar exports before the end of next year

Algerias Cevital to double sugar exports by 2011
Reuters Africa

... 1 million tonnes its white sugar exports before the end of next year and will raise production capacity by 25 percent as it boosts business with Asia, ...

EU - Illovo Sugar "The stronger world price is making other markets more attractive than the European market at the moment."

Illovo Sugar says EU price no longer attractive
Reuters Africa

LONDON (Reuters) - The world sugar price has risen above the EU price making the European market less attractive and other markets more appealing for South ...

Sugar consumption in the customs union made up of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus will be about 6.4 million metric tons in 2011

Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan to Use 6.4 Million Tons of Sugar
Bloomberg

Better weather may result in “much bigger” yields in 2011, Bodin said, adding that sugar production may gain to 5 million tons by 2013. ...

Philippines - The government will have to import at least 300,000 tons of sugar in 2011 to ensure it keeps preferential export quotas to the United States and to maintain a buffer stock

Govt to import 300000 tons sugar in 2011 | | Latest ...
ABSCBN News

MANILA, Philippines The government will have to import at least 300000 tons of sugar in 2011 to ensure it keeps preferential export quotas to the United ...

China may have a refined sugar shortage of 2.5 million metric tons in the 2010-2011 marketing year that needs to be met by imports or selling reserves

China May Have 2.5 Million-Ton Sugar Shortage, Researcher Says
BusinessWeek

Guangxi, the region with the biggest output, usually gets frost from late December to mid-January, supporting a “bull market” and prices may climb to ...

United States - A federal judge today issued a preliminary injunction ordering the immediate destruction of 256 acres of genetically engineered sugar beet seedlings

Court Orders Uprooting of Monsanto Biotech Sugar Beets
Environment News Service

USDA lawyers argued that the seedlings were separate from the rest of the sugar beet crop cycle and had no impact by themselves, but the judge rejected this ...

Brazil - Cosan: producing sugar is more profitable than ethanol by 2012

Cosan: producing sugar is more profitable than ethanol by 2012
Economy - iG

London, 30 - The rise in sugar prices in Brazil, world's largest producer, should make the production of the commodity more advantageous than that of ethanol in the ...

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

India - The government will take a decision on permitting regular exports of sugar towards the end of December

Govt to take call on regular sugar exports at end of Dec
Business Standard

permitting regular exports of sugar towards the end of December, following an assessment of total production of the sweetener in the 2010-11 crop year. ...

India To Export 1.5-2M Tons Of Sugar In 2010-11 - ISMA Exec

DJ India To Export 1.5-2M Tons Of Sugar In 2010-11 - ISMA Exec
Trading Markets (press release)

Speaking at the International Sugar Organization conference in London he said he also expects production in 2011-12 to remain strong, within 5% more or less ...

Czarnikow said the sugar market was on course for a deficit of2.8m tonnes - a third consecutive season of production falling behind demand, and the seventh deficit of the last decade.

Sugar output faces third successive deficit
Agrimoney.com

Czarnikow has, blaming crop damage from poor weather, scrapped forecasts of world sugar output returning to surplus this season, and warned that the ...

Monday, 29 November 2010

Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest sugar buyer, plans to remove the duty on white sugar imports to make the sweetener bought overseas more affordable,

Indonesia May Remove Tax on White Sugar Imports Ministry Says ...
Businessweek

Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest sugar buyer, plans to remove the duty on white sugar imports to make the sweetener bought overseas more affordable, ...

Friday, 26 November 2010

Sugar output in Russia, the largest grower in Europe, will fall 14 percent in the season that began Oct. 1 after a drought damaged crops, according to a unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Russia Sugar Output May Fall 14% in 2010-2011, USDA Unit Says
Bloomberg

Production will fall to 2.85 million metric downs from 3.313 million tons a year earlier, the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service said today in report on ...

India - As many as 138 sugar factories in the state have so far crushed 82 lakh tonne sugarcane to produce 72.28 lakh quintal sugar with 8.82 per cent recovery rate as on Friday.

138 mills start crushing, produce 72 lakh quintal sugar in Maharashtra
Times of India

The sugar commissionerate has also set up a monitoring cell in its office, which will be watching the developments in the state sugar industry, he added. ...

India, the second-biggest sugar producer, is unlikely to permit free exports until January as the government awaits a “dependable estimate” of production, according to Sucden India Pvt.

India May Delay Freeing Sugar Export Until January, Sucden Says
Bloomberg

... the second-biggest sugar producer, is unlikely to permit free exports until January as the government awaits a “dependable estimate” of production, ...

Brazil - Producers in the Center South, plan to replant about 20 percent of their farmland, "it will probably lead to an unexpected deficit in the 2011-2012 crop year, following a global surplus this year"

Brazil's Plan to Raze Replant Sugar Crop May Worsen Global Supply ...
Bloomberg

Global sugar supplies may fall short of demand next year as Brazil, the world's largest exporter of the sweetener, razes and replants enough farmland to ...

Thursday, 25 November 2010

EU - “We’re considering whether we should go ahead and export sugar, or whether we should keep it for the internal market.”

EU Undecided on Sugar Export-Quota Increases, Hoelgaard Says
Bloomberg

“We"re considering whether we should go ahead and export sugar, or whether we should keep it for the internal market.” “There's no urgency to reach a ...

Portuguese sugar refiners are having trouble finding raw sweetener at competitive prices after the European Commission overestimated available supplies, according to a unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Sugar Refiners in Portugal See High Prices, Shortage, USDA Says
BusinessWeek

24 (Bloomberg) -- Portuguese sugar refiners are having trouble finding raw sweetener at competitive prices after the European Commission overestimated ...

Mexico - 17 sugar mills begin crushing cane.

Arranca zafra en 17 ingenios azucareros del país
Hoy Tamaulipas

Durante la reunión, los grupos de trabajo del Programa Nacional de la Agroindustria de la Caña de Azúcar (PRONAC) se destacaron resultados significativos en ...

Fiji - With only one more shipment left for the 2010 season - to be made early next year, FBC News understands that Fiji may only reach a total of 110, 281 tonnes of sugar

Fiji expects sugar exports decline
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd

So far this season the Fiji Sugar Corporation has only made two sugar exports to Fiji's sugar buyer Tate and Lyle Refinery of London. ...

New Sugarcane Ethanol Refinery Planned in U.S.

The first major sugarcane ethanol refinery in the continental United States will be built in the Imperial Valley of California.
ICS Newsroom

The ethanol will meet California’s low carbon fuel standard, which mandates greenhouse gas reduction.

Shree Renuka Sugars (SRSL), seems to have started reaping the benefits of its contrarian move to acquire two overseas sugar companies when sugar prices were close to their peaks.

Renuka Sugars reaping benefits of contrarian move
Economic Times

... who have to deal with a heavily regulated local market. Sugar prices could remain volatile, although some global research houses have projected further ...

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

The government of Belize has stepped in with a US$5million loan to bailout the company which runs the sugar industry.

Belize lends ailing sugar industry
Stabroek News

(BBC) The government of Belize has stepped in with a US$5million loan to bailout the company which runs the sugar industry. ...

Argentina to import sugar.

Histórico: la Argentina importará azúcar
La Gaceta Tucumán

Si bien no trascendieron los volúmenes que los principales ingenios del país harán ingresar desde el exterior, se informó que se comprará el azúcar que haga ...

China's Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) has called on banks to urgently offer special support to the agriculture sector in the face of severe shortages of corn, cotton and sugar

China pushes banks to aid ailing farm sector
Brisbane Times Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:37 PM PST

China's Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) has called on banks to urgently offer special support to the agriculture sector in the face of severe shortages of corn, cotton and sugar, among other crops.

Ukrainian sugar refineries raised production by 35 percent from a year earlier to 1.36 million metric tons as of Nov. 19, said Ukrtsukor

Ukrainian Sugar Production Climbs 35%, According to Ukrtsukor
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg)

Ukrainian sugar refineries raised production by 35 percent from a year earlier to 1.36 million metric tons as of Nov

Kenya - Mumias sugar revenue grew by 32 per cent and profits rose by 83 per cent.

Sugar miller eyes increased production
Daily Nation

A sugar miller is seeking to step up sugarcane crushing and sugar production this year. Mumias Sugar Company CEO Evans Kidero said the firm crushed 2318567 ...

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

The Agriculture Ministry of Ukraine has proposed that minimum sugar prices be increased by 16% in the 2011/2012 marketing year (MY, September-August)

Agriculture ministry proposes minimum sugar prices be increased by 16% in 2011 ...
Interfax

Along with this, according to the resolution, the A quota (sugar supplies to the domestic market) in the 2011/2012 MY will be 1.860 million tonnes, ...

United States - October 2010 Sugar Monthly Import and Re-Export Data Report

Sugar Monthly Imports Circular —
USDA

U.S. Monthly Sugar Imports, Fiscal Year 2010 (.pdf). Sugar Monthly Import and Re-Export Data Report Archives ...

China - With the sugar cane harvest down this year, total sugar output for next year is estimated to be 12 million tons, an increase of 11.8 percent over last year.

Sweet relief as more sugar released
Global Times

Total demand for sugar next year, however, is projected to be relatively flat or increase by around 1 percent, Zhou said. "Sugar imports won't have much of ...

Monday, 22 November 2010

India - in Maharashtra only 5.51 mt of cane has been crushed, producing 0.44 million tonnes of sugar, last year, 6.28 mt cane was crushed and sugar production was 0.57 mt.

Rain washes away sugar firms' sweet hope
Business Standard

Sugar manufacturers are expecting yet another bad year with an unexpected fall in recovery in the early cane crop following intermittent unseasonal rainfall ...

China Jan/Oct 2010 Sugar Imports 1.6 Mln Tons Up 60% On Year

* China JanOct Sugar Imports 1.6 Mln Tons Up 60% On Year
Nov 22 2010 Dow Jones Commodities News Select via Comtex

China JanOct Sugar Imports 1.6 Mln Tons Up 60% On Year. Nov 22 2010Dow Jones Commodities News Select via ComtexMORE TO FOLLOW Dow Jones Newswires ...

Sunday, 21 November 2010

Fiji - FSC chief executive officer John Prasad, said that other global markets currently offered better prices than European Union market.

Sugar markets
Fiji Times

"It's important for Fiji to explore all the opportunities ù where the best market is to sell sugar at the best possible price ù and we are talking to our ...

India - Sugar production in Uttar Pradesh is expected to rise to over 60 lakh tonnes this year, a 20 percent increase over last year, an official said Sunday.

Uttar Pradesh sugar production to rise by 20 percent
Sify

... in the sugarcane crop area, that had dropped substantially between 2006 and 2008, following persistent litigation between farmers and sugar mill owners ...

Saturday, 20 November 2010

More than 40 factories in south-central Brazil finish grinding the 2010/2011 season

Mais de 40 usinas do centro-sul do Brasil encerram moagem da safra ...
Zero Hora

Os dados foram divulgados nesta quarta, dia 17, pela União da Indústria da Cana de Açúcar (Unica). Segundo analistas de mercado, o encerramento precoce não ...

Raw sugar import duty in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in December will be $140 per metric ton, the same as in November and October,

DJ Russian, Belarus, Kazakh Dec Raw Sugar Import - Food/Fiber ...
MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--

Raw sugar import duty in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in December will be $140 per metric ton, the same as in November and October, ...

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Friday, 19 November 2010

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Foods and Softs Outlook - November 19, 2010
Inside Futures
... 2010-11 global sugar surplus estimate to 1.3 MMT from last month's estimate of 2.0 MMT, (2) USDA's Nov 9 hike in its US sugar import estimate for this ...
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European Sugar Users Urge EU to Release Supply for Domestic Use
Bloomberg
It called the suspension of the import duty a “positive step toward maintaining European Union sugar market balances.” Out-of-quota sugar is production ...
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South Africa's Sugar Crop May Be Smallest in 15 Years BusinessWeek
South Africa's sugar production will be 1.95 million metric tons for the season ending in March, marking the smallest crop in 15 years, the South African ...
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UNICA November Sugar/Ethanol Production Report – harvest winding ...
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UNICA November Sugar/Ethanol Production Report – harvest winding down early, as expected due to lower sugar content in drought-affected cane. by Wayne T. Parman on 18/11/10 at 7:43 pm. UNICA, the Brazilian sugar millers association said ...
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Australia - Cane growers in northern Queensland anticipate it will take another year to recover from this year's disastrous season.

Bad sugar season will have a hangover in 2011
ABC Online

It's developing into the most difficult year in two decades for the Mackay region's sugar industry, and as the wet weather continues, some farmers will have ..

Thursday, 18 November 2010

China October Sugar Imports Up 339% On Year At 250000 Tons

* China October Sugar Imports Up 339% On Year At 250000 TonsCCS

China October Sugar Imports Up 339% On Year At 250000 TonsCCS. Nov 18 2010Dow Jones Commodities News Select via Comtex  Dow Jones Newswires ...

The International Sugar Organization cut its 2010-11 world production estimate to a surplus of 1.29 million metric tons--less than half its previous prediction.

Commodities Buzz: ISO Cuts '10-11 Sugar Surplus But Sees Surplus In '11-12
India Infoline.com

The International Sugar Organization cut its 2010-11 world production estimate to a surplus of 1.29 million metric tons--less than half its previous ...

The volume of cane sugar processed by the South-Central region of Brazil until the 1st of November reached 500.88 million tons, up 12.64%

Cana-de-açúcar: moagem da safra 2010/11 supera 500 mi T no centro-sul
Só Notícias

O volume de cana-de-açúcar processado pela região Centro-Sul do Brasil até o dia 1 de novembro chegou a 500,88 milhões de toneladas, aumento de 12,64% em ...

Australia - "We had expected exports of 2.4 million to 2.6 million tonnes but with continuing rain I think we're firming at the bottom of that range,"

Australia 2010/11 sugar exports seen down 25 pct
Reuters

SYDNEY Nov 18 (Reuters) - Raw sugar exports from Australia, one of the world's leading exporters of the sweetener, could fall by a quarter in 2010/11 as wet ...

Sugar production in India, the world’s second-largest, may be 8.7 percent less than predicted as rain, pests and disease reduce yields in Uttar Pradesh, the biggest cane-growing state

India Sugar Output May Lag Behind Estimates on Lack of Rain, Survey Shows
Bloomberg

The mills group now estimates the 2009-2010 harvest at 18.9 million tons. Cane production in India may climb 28 percent to 355.32 million tons in 2010-2011 ...

Tuesday, 16 November 2010

United States - Analysis of November WASDE Report

Analysis of November WASDE Report
By iscnewsroom

Most notably, the 2009-10 consumption figure was reduced by 322000 tonnes, reflecting migration away from sugar into HFCS. The 2010-11 Mexican import estimate was raised by 75000 tonnes; consumption was reduced by 283000 tonnes from the ...

Taiwan - to stabilize the sugar market on the island, the MOF will lower the tariff on crude sugar to 4.68% from 6.25% and that on refined sugar to 13.12% from 17.55% for six months.

Taiwan Cuts Tariffs on Sugar, Butter, Corn & Soybean PowderThe Taiwan Economic News

Responding to such request, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) has decided to lower the tariffs on sugar, butter, corn powder, and soybean powder. ...

United States - The November issue of the SUGAR AND SWEETENERS OUTLOOK is available

The November issue of the SUGAR AND SWEETENERS OUTLOOK is available in PDF format. You are able to view this publication at:

http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1386

Sugar Producers of Nicaragua has estimated that the sugar harvest, which began today and ends in May 2011, should produce 529,000 mts

Sugar harvest begins in Nicaragua in a "difficult ...
EFE

Nicaragua today began 2010-2011 sugar crop, which provides for a 5% drop in production because of the heavy rainy season this year ...

Monday, 15 November 2010

EU - the Commission announced that it intends to increase the ceiling for out-of-quota sugar exports for the 2010/11 marketing year by 350.000 tonnes to 1 million tonnes.

Sugar: Suspension of duties for imports and increase of exports ...
European Commission

... yesterday voted a Commission proposal to suspend the 98 €/t duty on Most Favoured Nation (MFN) sugar imports from 1 December 2010 to 31 August 2011. ...

The Ukrtsukor National Association of Sugar Producers has lowered its forecast for sugar production in Ukraine from the 2010 sugar beet harvest by 20% to 1.6 million tons,

Ukrtsukor lowers sugar production forecast by 20% — ...
BlackSeaGrain

The Ukrtsukor National Association of Sugar Producers has lowered its forecast for sugar production in Ukraine from the 2010 sugar beet harvest by 20% to ...

Sugar exports from Thailand, the second-largest shipper, may fall 5 percent in 2011 as local buyers are allotted a higher share of output

Sugar Exports From Thailand to Drop 5% as Local Demand Gains, Board Says
Bloomberg

By Supunnabul Suwannakij - Mon Nov 15 04:57:37 GMT 2010 Sugar exports from Thailand, the second-largest shipper, may fall 5 percent in 2011 as local buyers ...

Sunday, 14 November 2010

Kenana, Sudan's largest sugar company, said on Sunday it had signed a deal to farm an extra 150,000 acres and build a second plant, hoping to double its output to 1 million tonnes of sugar a year by 2014

Kenana plans to double output by 2014
Reuters Africa

... of raw sugar production," he said, adding the second plant would be commissioned by the 2013 harvest with an initial crop of 250000 tonnes of sugar, ...

Saturday, 13 November 2010

Fiji - sugar production fell annually by 13.9 percent

Cane and sugar production decline
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd

In its October economic review – RBF says - in the first four months of the crushing season that is June to September cane and sugar production fell ...

Friday, 12 November 2010

Carlos Blackaller, the head of Mexico's sugar cane producers, told reporters on Thursday that production for the current season is seen at 5.26 million tonnes

Mexico Sugar Producers See Recovery, Lower Prices
FLEXNEWS

Mexico has assigned most of the 100000-tonne sugar import quota for the 2010/11 cycle, the second opened this calendar year, aimed at covering demand after ...

Pakistan has revised a forecast of 2010/11 sugar production to 3.7 million tonnes, up by about 500,000 tonnes from an earlier estimate,

Pakistan raises 2010/11 sugar output estimates
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)

Pakistan has revised a forecast of 2010/11 sugar production to 3.7 million tonnes, up by about 500000 tonnes from an earlier estimate, despite flood damage ...

ICE Boosts Sugar Margins By 65%

ICE Boosts Sugar Margins By 65%
Zero Hedge Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:10 PM PST

Prepare for another staple pricing readjustment courtesy of central clearing "risk management": minutes ago the ICE hiked its Clearing Member outright margin for Sugar (SB and SBC) from $2,150 to $3,550 , a substantial 65% increase in margin requirements. Little by little more exchanges refuse to take on liquidity risk. In essence what the CME, the ICE, LCH and everyone else is doing by hiking ...

Japan's farmers fight to keep 328 percent on sugar.

Japan's Farmers Fight to Keep Protective Tariffs
New York Times

Besides the high rice tariffs, Japan levies a 252 percent tariff on imported wheat, 360 percent on butter, 328 percent on sugar and 38.5 percent for beef. ...

Thursday, 11 November 2010

Egypt's state-owned Sugar and Integrated Industries Company (SIIC) said on Thursday it planned to import about 500,000 tonnes of raw sugar in 2011

Sugar eases off 30-year high, eyes India, Egypt
Reuters Africa
By David Brough LONDON (Reuters)

ICE front-month raw sugar futures eased off a 30-year peak on Thursday, underpinned by planned Egyptian offtake against a ...

The European Union voted on Thursday to cut its 98 euro-per-tonne ($135) import duty on raw cane sugar to zero from December

EU suspends duty on raw sugar importscommission
Reuters

BRUSSELS, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The European Union voted on Thursday to cut its 98 euro-per-tonne ($135) import duty on raw cane sugar to zero from December, ...

China - Output in 2010/11 is forecast to rise to around 11.7 mln tonnes compared with 10.7 the prior year.

China's new crop sugar production higher
AgraNet (subscription)

This brought cumulative production so far in the season to around 170000 tonnes. China's sugar year starts in September. Output in 2010/11 is forecast to ...

Taiwan - The price stabilization measure would see tariffs cut by 25 percent on sugar and butter

MOF unveils plan to cut commodity tariffs
Taiwan Today

The price stabilization measure, which will be forwarded to the Cabinet for approval, would see tariffs cut by 25 percent on sugar and butter, ...

India was likely to free up sugar exports soon and might also permit export of 2 million tonnes under its Open General Licence

India likely to free sugar exports soon: Industry
Economic Times

NEW DELHI: India may soon permit unrestricted exports of sugar, in a move that could push New York futures from 30-year highs by eliminating uncertainty ...

The closure of Ireland’s last sugar factory in Mallow, Co Cork, with the loss of 240 jobs may not have been necessary, according to a report from the EU Court of Auditors

EU Mallow sugar factory closure was unnecessary
Irish Examiner

THE closure of Ireland's last sugar factory in Mallow, Co Cork, with the loss of 240 jobs may not have been necessary, according to a report from the EU ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture partially lifts sugar beet ban

US Department of Agriculture partially lifts sugar beet ban
TMCnet

Idaho growers produced 5.59 million tons last year, ranking Idaho second in the nation for sugar beet production. Half of the nation's sugar comes from ...

EU - Special Report No 6/2010 “Has the reform of the sugar market achieved its main objectives?”, published on 10 November 2010

Special Report: Has the reform of the sugar market achieved its main objectives ?
European Court of Auditors

The EU launched a major reform of its sugar sector in 2006 in order to increase market orientation and to stabilise the market while complying with ...

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

If the rumour mill is to be believed, Australia's sugar industry is as irresistible to international players as chocolate after a break-up.

Rumour mill working overtime on sugar mill plays
Farm Weekly

Word is that France's Louis Dreyfus is talking to northern Queensland mills such as Mackay Sugar, Maryborough Sugar Factory, Proserpine Sugar Mill and ...

Russia - Sugar production in 2010/11 in the period ended November 8 amounted to 2.087 mln tonnes, white value, down from 2.345 mln produced in the same period a year ago, the Russian Sugar Producers Union said

Russian beet sugar production continues to lag behind last year
AgraNet (subscription)

Sugar production in 2010/11 in the period ended November 8 amounted to 2.087 mln tonnes, white value, down from 2.345 mln produced in the same period a year ...

Projected U.S. sugar supply for fiscal year 2010/11 is increased 218,000 short tons, raw value, from last month, due to higher imports more than offsetting lower beginning stocks and production - Wasde

WASDE Updates: US Sugar Imports Rise For 2010/11 Year
India Infoline.com

Sugar production is lowered 155000 tons, based on lower forecast production of US sugar beets and Louisiana sugarcane. Imports from Mexico are increased ...

Australia - Exports were likely to be “closer to” 2.6 million metric tons compared with an initial estimate of 2.9 million to 3 million tons for the year to June 30 and the outlook may be cut further

Queensland Sugar Cuts Export Forecast on Wet Weather
BusinessWeek 10 (Bloomberg) --

Queensland Sugar Ltd., Australia's largest shipper of the sweetener, cut its export forecast as wet weather threatens to reduce production ...

Kenya - That brought total sugar production in the first half of 2010 to 249,201 tonnes, down 15.1% from 293,345 tonnes produced in Jan/Jun 2010

Kenya's sugar output down sharply in June 2010
AgraNet (subscription)

That brought total sugar production in the first half of 2010 to 249201 tonnes, down 15.1% from 293345 tonnes produced in Jan/Jun 2010. ...

Australia - Neil Taylor, QSL said the total Australian crop may be less than 4.0 metric tonnes

Wet weather shrinks sugar crop
Sydney Morning Herald

Australia could see its smallest sugar crop in 20 years as a result of recent heavy rains. Rain has interrupted the Queensland harvest, forcing Queensland ...

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Uganda is unlikely to reach its 2010 raw sugar production target of 318,000 tonnes due to disruption by cane suppliers

Uganda may not hit 2010 sugar output forecast: group
Reuters Africa

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda is unlikely to reach its 2010 raw sugar production target of 318000 tonnes due to disruption by cane suppliers to the largest ...

France - Min. Ag "The beet crop will however still be down 9.5% from last year's record 35.067 mln tonnes"

French AgMin raises sugar beet crop estimate
AgraNet (subscription)

The Agriculture Ministry raised slightly its output estimate for the 2010 sugar beet crop to 31.723 mln tonnes from 31.2 mln last month, as the average ...

Indonesia - “Bad weather has caused crop failures. We may produce only 2 million tons of sugar this year, 300,000 tons less than expected,” Indonesian Sugar and Wheat Association chairman Natsir Mansur said.

National sugar output to miss target this year
Jakarta Post

“We have been urging the government to issue sugar import permits since August, when sugar prices were low, at US$530 per ton,” he said.

Fiji has ceased exporting sugar to the Pacific region including New Zealand in order to meet its export quota to the United Kingdom under preferential prices of the Economic Partnership Agreement

Fiji stops Pacific sugar sales for EPA
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd

The Corporation says with the reduced crop and the need to maximize sugar exports, the FSC after reviewing sugar production has decided to cease sugar sales ...

Monday, 8 November 2010

Russia imported 1.917 million metric tons of raw sugar in January-September, some 58.9% more than in the corresponding period last year

DJ Russia JanSep Raw Sugar Imports +59% On Year At 1.917 Mln Tons
Nov 08 2010Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex

MOSCOW Russia imported 1.917 million metric tons of raw sugar in JanuarySeptember some 58.9% more than in ...

Australia - Canegrowers face sugar washout

North Queensland struggles to cut the cane
ABC Online

The wet has also damaged the crop, in some cases causing the sugar content in the cane stalks to drop off considerably . Greg Shannon, an extension officer ...

Sunday, 7 November 2010

India - Mills in Maharashtra have crushed just 12 lakh tonnes (lt) of cane during October, against the targeted 50.

Slow crushing in Maharashtra raises concerns over sugar output
Hindu Business Line

These are prices payable at the factory gate. “The meeting will examine various options, including going to the Court or just wait and watch. ...

Friday, 5 November 2010

Bolivia to import 50,600 tons as production of sugar fell to just over 400,000 tons during 2009-2010 from about 528,000 tons

DJ Bolivia To Import 50600 Tons of Sugar To Satisfy Demand
Tradingcharts.com

Amid faltering supplies and soaring prices for domestic sugar, Bolivia will import 50600 tons of sugar in the coming months to ensure that internal demand ...

Brazil - This year’s drought means that productivity is likely to be low in 2011 too

Brazil's sugar growers hit sweet spot
Financial Times (blog) by Jonathan Wheatley

Drought, falling productivity and an early end to the harvest sound like cause for commiseration. But for many Brazilian sugar ...

India will allow an additional 930,000 tonnes of sugar exports after Nov. 15, government sources said

India to allow 930000 T sugar exports from Nov. 15-sources
Reuters

NEW DELHI Nov 4 (Reuters) - India will allow an additional 930000 tonnes of sugar exports after Nov. 15, government sources said on Thursday, bringing the ...

Guatemalan sugar production for the 2010-2011 harvest that begins next week expected at 2.18 million tons - ASAZGUA

Guatemala espera una producción azucarera de 2,18 millones de ...
Qué.es

La producción de azúcar para la zafra 2010-2011 que se inicia la próxima semana en Guatemala alcanzará los 2,18 millones de toneladas, anunció hoy la ...

Brazil - Oct raw sugar exports 2.24 mmt, white sugar exports .76 mmt

Brazil - October raw sugar exports 2.24 mmt, white sugar exports .76 mmt

Brazil - Equipment speeds up to 60% loading of bagged sugar at the port of Paranagua.

Transport equipment: 60% at speeds up loading of sugar ...
News agency Parana state.

Equipment speeds up to 60% loading of bagged sugar at the port of Paranagua.

Thursday, 4 November 2010

Russia produced 1.864 mln tonnes of beet white sugar to November 1st compared with 2.109 mln produced the same period last year, the Sugar Producers Union said

Russia, crop report
AgraNet (subscription)

Russia produced 1.864 mln tonnes of beet white sugar to November 1st compared with 2.109 mln produced the same period last year, the Sugar Producers Union ...

Brazil - Cosan to raise port sugar capacity to around 17 million to 18 million tonnes per year, up from 10 million to 11 million at present.

Cosan invests to boost Brazil port sugar capacity
Reuters Africa

SAO PAULO, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The world's top sugar exporter, Brazil's Cosan, plans to hike capacity at its sugar terminals at the ...

Fiji - with cane to sugar ratio at 13.5 the current estimate is that the sugar make is unlikely to exceed 130,000 tonnes, but may even be less.

Cane figures drop growers mull loss
Fiji Times

"It follows, therefore, that 190000 tonnes of sugar should be made from a (reduced) crop size of around 1.8 million tonnes. "However, with TCTS at 13.5 the ...

The customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan has set an import tariff for raw cane sugar at $140 per tonne for December, unchanged from November and October

Russian custom union keeps December sugar import duty
Business Recorder

MOSCOW (November 04, 2010) : The customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan has set an import tariff for raw cane sugar at $140 per tonne for December, ...

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

The appreciation of its local currency has stripped Brazil, of its title as the lowest-cost sugar producer.

Strong currency weakens Brazil's sugar might-Cosan
Reuters Africa

1 sugar producer. He did not say which country has the lowest costs of production in dollar terms, but listed South Africa, Thailand, China and India as ...

India - The surplus available for sales overseas may be 2 million metric tons in the year started Oct. 1, compared with the 2.5 million tons forecast in September

India May Ship Less Sugar Than Predicted as Bulk Users Rebuild Stockpiles
Bloomberg

... he said, adding excess rain is lowering the sugar-recovery rate. India may not export more than 1 million tons this crop year as production may be lower ...

Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Argentina - Tucuman produces 12 % less sugar vs 225 % more cane ethanol

Tucumán produjo 12% menos de azúcar, pero aumentó 225% el alcohol
contexto.com.ar

Lunes 01 de Noviembre de 2010 19:47 | Los datos finales oficiales muestra la fuerte caída de la producción con respecto al año pasado, lo que indica la ...

Colombia - record sugar imports - 138,000 mts Jan/Oct 2010

Récord de importación de azúcar
Poder 360

La Asociación de Cultivadores de Caña de Azúcar (Asocaña) reveló que debido a la eliminación de aranceles y por la revaluación del peso, entre enero y ...

Google Alert - sugar market

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China 20112015 Sugar Market May Be Short 12.5 Million Tons Site ...
China's sugar market may be in deficit by 12.5 million metric tons between 2011 and 2015, industry wesbite Sugarinfo.net said today, citing Qiu Xinzhi, ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../china-2011-2015-sugar-market-may-...


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Friday, 29 October 2010

Bolivia - Government announces import 36,000 tons of sugar

Gobierno anuncia importación de 36.000 toneladas de azúcar
Opinión Bolivia

El Gobierno se alista a importar 36.000 toneladas de azúcar para evitar la especulación de precios y garantizar el abastecimiento del producto, manifestó el ...

Brazil - Milling of cane sugar from South-Central region falls in the 1st half of October

Moagem de cana-de-açúcar da região Centro-Sul cai na 1ª quinzena ...
BRASIL.gov.br

Segundo o balanço divulgado nesta quinta-feira (28) pela União da Indústria da Cana-de-Açúcar(Unica), foram processadas 26,1 milhões de toneladas entre 1º ...

Poor weather during Australia's annual sugar cane harvest could cut raw sugar production this crop year to as low as 4.1 million metric tons

Australia 2010-11 Raw Sugar Output Could Fall To 4.1M Tons
Wall Street Journal

If 30 cents is reached, the market will likely take a breather and possibly correct lower as traders take profits and risk off the table, according to the ...

Thursday, 28 October 2010

India - The ministry has allowed the mills that have export obligations to source the sweetener from third parties so that they can get the benefit of prevailing high global prices, sources said

Mills can buy sugar from 3rd parties to meet export obligation
Business Standard

Last month, the Food Ministry had allowed sugar exports under the ALS in two tranches -- 25 per cent by November and the remaining 75 per cent by March next ...

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

India - Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said that sugar production in India to be 25 million tonnes.

Sugar production to be 25 million tonnes in 2010-11: Pawar
The Hindu

K. Murali Kumar Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday expressed confidence that sugar production in India would touch a record ...

India - "Zero-duty concession on imports of sugar will expire Dec. 31 2010. It is unlikely to be renewed," Narendra Murkhumbhi

DJ Shree Renuka Exec: India To Bring Back Duty On Sugar Imports
Trading Markets (press release)

By Caroline Henshaw Of Dow Jones Newswires India is likely to scrap duty-free imports of sugar at the end of the year, the head of the country';s largest ...

India - Domestic sugar prices fell below the cost of production in the quarter to September, and prospects look bleak for the first half of the season begun in October, making government-regulated prices for ethanol more attractive.

ANALYSIS - Melting margins push India sugar mills to ethanol
Reuters India

Domestic sugar prices fell below the cost of production in the quarter to September, and prospects look bleak for the first half of the season begun in ...

FO Licht - "everything is pointing to lower supplies in 2010-2011 than everyone anticipated earlier"

Sugar in 'Goldilocks Economy' on Possible Shortage, Licht Says
BusinessWeek

By Chris Kay Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Sugar is in a “Goldilocks economy” as a possible supply shortage and stronger demand drive prices toward the highest ...

Ukraine - The Agriculture Ministry cut its forecast as to sugar production in 2010 by 5% t? 2 million tons against the earlier forecasted 2.1-2.2 million tons.

Ukraine. Agrarian fund to purchase 150000 tons of sugar to state reserves
UkrAgroConsult

The Agriculture Ministry cut its forecast as to sugar production in 2010 by 5% t? 2 million tons against the earlier forecasted 2.1-2.2 million tons.

Pakistan - Cane Commissioner MINFA - sugar production in 2010-11 would be around 3.1 million tonnes.

Govt urged to stop raw sugar import
Daily Times

It was informed that the sugar production in 2010-11 would be around 3.1 million tonnes. The crushing season was expected to start November 15 onwards. ...

Zimbabwe - EU to fund a support program for sugar reform.

La UE apoya la recuperación del sector del azúcar en Zimbabwe
Agrodigital

... forma parte del programa comunitario de medidas de acompañamiento complementarias para los países signatarios del Protocolo del Azúcar para 2010. ...

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Guatemala exported 1.65 million tonnes of sugar from November 2009 until September this year. However, exports in September fell 81.3% over the same month of 2009 to 16.917 tons.

Gracias a la baja producción en México, las exportaciones de ...
LaRepública.com.co

Las exportaciones de azúcar de Guatemala en lo que va de la cosecha hasta septiembre subieron 35% frente a mismo lapso del ciclo anterior por mayores ventas ...

Rabobank - Sugar -“With continuing evidence of strong global demand, supply is expected to be tight for the next 18 months.”

Rabobank predicts continued commodity squeeze
Food Navigator Europe Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:25 PM PDT

Food manufacturers may have to face up to high sugar and corn prices over the coming year after food commodity prices shot up in October.

Monday, 25 October 2010

Record sugar prices on Brazil's local market could induce mills to buy back more sugar from exporters to be sold locally

Brazil mills to buy back more sugar as prices rise
Reuters Africa

By Inae Riveras SAO PAULO, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Record sugar prices on Brazil's local market could induce mills to buy back more sugar from exporters to be ...

Sugar merchant Czarnikow expects the 2010/11 global sugar market to move into equilibrium, its head of research Toby Cohen said on Monday

INTERVIEW, UPDATE 1-Czarnikow sees balanced 2010/11 sugar market ...
LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters)

Sugar merchant Czarnikow expects the 2010/11 global sugar market to move into equilibrium, its head of research Toby Cohen said ...

Germany to raise bioethanol blending in gasoline - "Currently sugar is looking most competitive for bioethanol output after the sharp rise in grain prices this year,"

Germany to raise bioethanol blending in gasoline
Reuters

Some 2.27 million tonnes of sugar beet went to German bioethanol output in 2009 against a sugar beet crop of 25.9 million last season. ...

Armenia - While the plant is prepared to produce more sugar, local farmers are still not part of the process, as Armenian farmers prefer growing potatoes and cereals rather than sugar beets.

Sweet business: Shirak plant will cover the sugar demand (and then some) in ...
ArmeniaNow.com

... cereals rather than sugar beets. “Peasants do not believe that the seed provided by the factory, will secure a 60-ton harvest instead of the previous 30 ...

Pakistan - Sugarcane crushing begins in Sindh

Sugarcane crushing begins in Sindh
The News International

KARACHI: Sindh has started the sugarcane crushing and price slump is also expected as the new sugar hits the market, Geo News reported Monday. ...

Sunday, 24 October 2010

Honduran sugar production to reach 423,000 metric tonnes

Producción de azúcar superará los 9 millones de quintales
Radio América

El presidente de la Asociación de Productores de Azúcar de Honduras (APAH), Carlos Melara, informó que en noviembre próximo inicia la zafra de producción de ...

Azerbaijan imported 249,047.2 tons of sugar in the amount of $127,999,000 in January-September.

News.Az - Azerbaijan raises sugar import
News.AZ

"Sugar import has increased by 7.2% over the same period of 2009", said sources in the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan. ...<

Saturday, 23 October 2010

Armenia to start exporting sugar to Iran soon

Armenia to start exporting sugar to Iran soon
PanARMENIAN.Net

The mill will process both semi-products from the South America and local sugar beet. 17000t of semi-products for sugar production have been imported up to ...

"The 2010/11 season should be followed by a good (production) year," said Abinash Verma, general director at the Indian Sugar Mills Association (Isma)

India to see another bumper cane crop in 11/12: Isma
Moneycontrol.com

The world';s No 2 sugar producing country and the largest consumer, India is expected to harvest 346 million tonnes of cane this season (October-September), ...

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Thursday, 21 October 2010

Thailand september sugar exports drop to 223,600 metric tons down 52 % on Sep 2009

Thai exports hit record high in September year on year
Thai News Agency MCOT

Apart from the decrease of rice exports, the volumes of construction materials and sugar exportsalso dropped by 7.9 per cent and 51.9 per cent respectively ...

China - Sept sugar imports 350,000 t, highest in 5 years

UPDATE 1-China September corn, sugar imports higher on month

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Sugar imports were about 350000 tonnes in September, the highest monthly volume for at least five years and more than eight times the same period last year, ...

Mexico - The overflow of rivers in Vera Cruz destroys 44,000 hectares of sugar cane, reducing sugar production by 200 thousand tons

Desbordamiento de ríos provocará una caída en la caña de azúcar
El Financiero (México)

El desbordamiento de ríos principalmente en la zona centro y sur del estado siniestró 44 mil hectáreas de caña de azúcar que provocará una caída en la ...

India's 2010/11 sugar exports are seen rising to 3 million tonnes from 200,000 tonnes last season

Indian sugar exports to rise sharply
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)

SAO PAULO (October 21, 2010) : India's 2010/11 sugar exports are seen rising to 3 million tonnes from 200000 tonnes last season on rising cane output, ...

Taiwan Sugar Corp. will likely import 342,000 metric tons raw sugar for calendar year 2010, up almost 20% from last year, an official said Thursday.

DJ Taiwan Sugar Corp 2010 Sugar Imports May Rise About 20% Official
Trading Charts

Australia has been one of the major sugar exporters to Taiwan accounting for as much as 80% of Taiwan Sugar Corps sugar imports during the last 5 years but ...

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

Australia - Canegrowers general manager Steve Greenwood said there was still a slim chance the crush would be completed.

Wet weather a crushing blow to Far Northern sugar industry Local ...
Cairns.com.au

Farmers are paid based on sugar content. It is reduced the longer the cane remains unharvested and the industry is concerned valuable cane could be ...

Indonesia - Sugar production down 25 percent from target.

Sugar production down 25 percent from target
The Jakarta Post

The government may have to import more white sugar this year, as domestic sugar production has dropped 25 percent recently due to extreme weather.The ...

Brazil - Sugar prices have the potential to "explode" in the current 2010/11 season if global output turns out smaller than expected, German-based analyst F.O. Licht said on Tuesday.

Low global sugar stocks may drive prices-FO Licht
Reuters Africa

Despite an increase in plantings in many countries in response to high international sugar prices, overall production has been trimmed by adverse weather ...

Brazil - Exports of the sweetener, could also fall, said Claudio Piquet, a director at Glencore's Brazilian unit.

Brazil CS sugar exports may fall in 2011-Glencore
Reuters Africa

SAO PAULO Oct 19 (Reuters) - Sugar production in Brazil's center-south could fall in the 2011/2012 season, the first drop in 11 years, reflecting a decline ...

Brazil - "We are now at maximum capacity for sugar production," he said in an interview with Reuters, in an international seminar sponsored by Datagro.

Cosan vê produção estável de açúcar no centro-sul em 11/12 -

A produção de açúcar das usinas do centro-sul do Brasil deverá ficar praticamente estável na próxima safra (2011/12) em relação à temporada atual, ...

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

Brazil - The next crop of cane sugar from the Central South, 2011/12, will have a late start in mid-April or even May.

Cana/Datagro: início da safra 2011/12 deve atrasar para abril/maio
Canal Rural

A próxima safra de cana-de-açúcar do Centro-Sul, 2011/12, deverá ter seu início atrasado para meados de abril ou até maio. A seca registrada na região entre ...

The Indian government has allowed mills to export 570,000 tonnes of sugar since September

India's sugar exports total 570000 tonnes govt trade
Reuters

NEW DELHI, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The Indian government has allowed mills to export 570000 tonnes ofsugar since September, senior government and trade ...

China - Based on expected consumption of about 14 million tons last year, an additional 800,000 tons this year will be needed, analysts said.

Sugar stockpiles released to stem price hikes
People's Daily Online

The region accounts for 70 percent of China's sugar production. As a result, sugar output dipped 6.7 percent in the last grinding season that ended in ...

Indonesia's sugar output from January to the end of September 2010 reached 1.67 million tonnes

Indonesia's Jan-Sept sugar output at 1.67 mln tonnes
Reuters Africa

"The DGI recorded realised sugar production until the end of September this year at 1.67 million tonnes," Priyono told Reuters. The government body expected ...

Monday, 18 October 2010

Brazil's sugar output from the current 2010/11 crop is now seen at 34.3 million tonnes, up from the 33.3 million tonnes seen last month.

Brazil main cane crop trimmed further - Datagro
Reuters Africa

Brazil's sugar output from the current 2010/11 crop is now seen at 34.3 million tonnes, up from the 33.3 million tonnes seen last month. ...

Cuba's once proud sugar industry is gearing up for the 2011 cane harvest with fewer mills scheduled to open and hopes to merely equal this year's dismal output of 1.1 million tonnes of raw sugar.

Cuba Prepares for Another Bitter Sugar Harvest
Food Industry News Oct. 18 -

Cuba's once proud sugar industry is gearing up for the 2011 cane harvest with fewer mills scheduled to open and hopes to merely equal this year's ...

Zimbabwe - Sugar production for 2010/11 is expected to increase by 26 percent on the 2009/10 figure of 259 000mt

Zimbabwe: Sugar Industry on Slow Mend
All Africa

The country's sugar industry is on the mend but is only expected to reach full capacity utilisation of 600 000 metric tonnes by 2013. ...

China - An auction of 210,000 tonnes of China's sugar reserve will begin on Oct. 22, in a bid to curb soaring prices, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Monday

China plans to auction sugar reserves to curb soaring price
Xinhua

Bad weather has lowered expectations for food commodity production this year, raising prices. Sugar futures have been high since May. ...

Spain - for the first time a plant of Ebro will receive a total of 12,000 tons or so of raw sugar from Africa.

La Azucarera comenzó ayer su campaña
Siete Semanal

Con ese nuevo material la azucarera deberá trabajar y mezclarla con el producto habitual de la planta para refinarla y transformarla en un azucar a la que ...

U.S. sugar production will be cut by about 20% if farmers are banned from planting genetically modified beets next year, according to data prepared for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of a court case over whether to continue allowing the practice.

Ruling Imperils Sugar Production
Wall Street Journal

By BILL TOMSON US sugar production will be cut by about 20% if farmers are banned from planting genetically modified beets next year, according to data ...

India - The decision on opening sugar exports is likely only by February 2011, as an inflation-scarred government would prefer to wait for the more reliable second advance crop estimates

Wary govt likely to decide on sugar exports only by FebForeign ...
Economic Times

At the time agriculture minister Sharad Pawar had accused the cane commissioners of states of furnishing sharply varying estimates of sugar production ...

Friday, 15 October 2010

Russia - Tuapse port raw sugar import totaled 373 000 tons Jan-Sep 2010, which is 2.1 times as much as in the same period of 2009.

Tuapse Commercial Seaport Announces Operating Results for January ...
RTDR

Import totaled 378 000 tons in the reported period, which is 2 times as much as in the same period of 2009. Raw sugar import totaled 373 000 tons (up 2.1 times). Export totaled 13.5 mln tons in the reported period of 2010 (-0.7%), ...

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Ukraine - Ukrtsukor expects that beet sugar production in the new season will make up 1.7 million against 1.26 million tons over the previous year.

Sugar production exceeds last year index twofold News NRCU
NRCU

Sugar production exceeds last year index twofold, News, NRCU.

Jamaica - the sugar which Eridania sold on the European market, fetched a lower price compared to what other producers got in the United States market.

Jamaica losing in Eridania sugar deal
Jamaica Gleaner

Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton disclosed in Parliament on Tuesday, that the sugar which Eridania sold on the European market, fetched a lower ...

EU - the Ukrainian side proposed a scheme of gradual liberalization of all, without exception, tariff lines in trade with the EU

Ukraine ready to liberalize all tariffs in trade with EU, demands ...
BSANNA NEWS

... tariff lines in trade with the EU, head of Ukraine's negotiating group, ... fish and a variety of agricultural products: sugar, chicken, pork, ...

Brazil - The sugarcane grind in the second half of last month amounted to 27.2 million tonnes against 29.9 million the same period in 2009/10.

Chuva reduz moagem de cana na 2a quinzena de setembro
O Globo

Apesar de uma redução na moagem na segunda quinzena de setembro, a produção de açúcar e etanol aumentou em relação ao mesmo período do ano passado, ...

Thursday, 14 October 2010

United States - "We have a genuine problem with the report"

Analysis of October 2010 WASDE Report | ...
Imperial Sugar Company

The USDA has released its monthly supply and demand update for the U.S. sugar market. The following analysis of the October WASDE report is from Frank Jenkins of Jenkins Sugar Group: The official text of today's announcement follows: ...

Wednesday, 13 October 2010