Guyana - GuySuCo produced a total 233,733 tonnes of sugar last year,

'09 sugar production pegged at 233733 tonnes
Stabroek News

... the Corporation revealed during the first conciliatory meeting with GAWU over the payment of the Annual Production Incentive (API) to sugar workers on ...

Brazil will raise investments in state-owned ports by 50 percent to reduce freight costs for sugar and other exports

Brazil to Increase Port Investments by 50% This Year (Update1)
Bloomberg Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:49 AM PST

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil will raise investments in state-owned ports by 50 percent this year as part of efforts to reduce freight costs for iron-ore, sugar and other exports.

Tanzania - SUGAR production at the Tanganyika Plantation Company to drop to 8,000 tonnes this year

Drought affects sugar output at TPC
Daily News

SUGAR production at the Tanganyika Plantation CompanyTPC in Moshi is expected to drop to 8000 tonnes this year due to prolonged drought in Kilimanjaro ...

Todas las provincias cubanas se encuentran en zafra

En zafra todos los centrales cubanos
Prensa Latina

El jefe de la Oficina de Comunicación Institucional del Ministerio del Azúcar(MINAZ), Liobel Pérez, dijo a Prensa Latina que se busca lograr la mayor ...

Philippines - The government is projecting a 2.6-million MT inventory for the current crop year from a carry-over of 421,000 MT and 2.18-million projected output.

Gov't may increase sugar imports to steady prices - ...
Yahoo

Imported sugar will come in tariff-free since the government will shoulder the expense via a tax subsidy. Landed cost of tariff free sugar is P48.35-P50.86 ...

Philippines - The government will allow the private sector to import raw sugar duty-free

Private firms may import raw sugar duty-free
Manila Standard Today

The landed cost of tariff-free sugar is P48.35 to P50.86 a bag. The duty on raw sugar is normally P100 million for every 10000 metric tons. ...

Frank Jenkins on USDA WASDE Report

Expert analysis by Frank Jenkins of Jenkins Sugar Group on the January USDA WASDE report released this week:

The USDA has released its January updated S&D for the US market, showing a 10.8 % ending stocks/use ratio for the 2009-10 year

Mexico's 2009-10 sugar harvest produced 516,094 metric tons of semi-refined standard sugar through Dec. 26,

Mexico 200910 Sugar Harvest Up 2.2% To Dec 26 At ...
Investorscom DJ

The Mexican sugar crop year runs from Nov 1 to Oct 31 with the physical harvest and milling traditionally starting by midNovember and ending in July The ...

Kenya - Farmers have emerged as the big winners under the government’s sale plan for divesting from five sugar mills

Farmers reap sweet harvest in sugar mills sale to private investors
Business Daily Africa

Sugarcane harvested on a farm in Bungoma District in western Kenya is loaded onto a tractor before being transported to Nzoia Sugar Company mill in the area ...

Un ingenio azucarero de Paraguay proyecta elaborar azúcar refinada por primera vez en el país sudamericano

Proyecta Paraguay elaborar por primera vez azúcar refinada en 2012 ...
Asuncion, 13 Ene (Notimex).

Un ingenio azucarero de Paraguay proyecta elaborar azcar refinada por primera vez en el pas sudamericano, empresa que sera ...

Mexico - Para 2010, el Ingenio de Pedernales buscará procesar alrededor de 290 mil toneladas de caña de azúcar,

En 2010, a molienda 290 mil toneladas de caña de azúcar en Pedernales
Cambio (Michoacán)

Para 2010, el Ingenio de Pedernales buscará procesar alrededor de 290 mil toneladas de caña de azúcar, reveló Eugenio González Saucedo, dirigente de la ...

Barbados - officials say that the crop is expected to yield just over 30 thousand tonnes of sugar

officials say that the crop is expected to yield just over 30 thousand tonnes of sugar
CBC.bb

Harvesting of this year's sugar crop is expected to get underway around the middle of February. Sugar officials say there's still a lot of mechanical work to be completed at Andrew's and Portvale before the harvest can begin. ...

India - Union Minister of Agriculture, Sharad Pawar, said today that there would be no quantitative cap on nil duty sugar imports.

Govt permits duty free sugar import till Dec 31
Business Standard

Union Minister of Agriculture, Sharad Pawar, said today that there would be no quantitative cap on nil duty sugar imports. Pawar also appealed to the ...

Eleven firms plan to invest a total of $3 billion in Indonesia's sugar industry

Wilmar unit, others to invest $3 bln in Indonesia sugar industry
Reuters India

SI: Quote, Profile, Research), plan to invest a total of 27.5 trillion rupiah ($3 billion) in Indonesia's sugar industry, a senior industry ministry ...

China cuts ethanol tariff to 5% starting in January, instantly opening what is rapidly becoming one of the world’s biggest biofuels markets

Dow Jones: Brazil First In Line as China Cuts Ethanol Tariff « The ...

New sugar substitutes have slowly been catching on with consumers hungry for " natural" products, encouraging manufacturers to expand their use beyond ...

"To expedite the refining of raw sugar ...., the government has relaxed the central excise rules to enable its processing in mills in any state,"

Government relaxes raw sugar import norms
Economic Times

NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday announced a major relaxation of norms for the import of raw sugar, saying it could be refined anywhere in the country ...

Thailand - KSL has already locked in sugar export volumes of about 90-95% of total..."sugar increases are not much benefit to KSL in the near term."

Share price fully reflects sugar prices downgrade to take profit
By Daowadee Teera-apisakkul

This year the sugar price trend is expected to be high from higher demand and low sugar production in Brazil and India resulting record prices. KSL has forward sales contracts for approximately 90% -95% of the sugar quota. ...

Costa Rica - Herrera dijo que para este 2009-2010 el país producirá 7,3 millones de bultos de 50 kilos cada uno, en comparación con los 6,9 millones del lapso anterior.

Optimismo en sector agrícola por aumento en las cosechas
La Nación Costa Rica

Los productores de melón, sandía, caña de azúcar, piña y mango comenzaron el 2010 con un aumento en sus cosechas y en las áreas de cultivo, ...

Ecuador arranca venta de biocombustible

Ecuador arranca venta de biocombustible
BBC Mundo

Al momento, Ecuador dispone de 135.000 hectáreas de caña de azúcar. No obstante, Torres manifestó que Ecuador no debería dejar que la generación de la ...

Pakistan - The cabinet decided today to abolish a 16 percent sales tax and “all” other levies on the import of sugar to reduce prices

Pakistan Scraps Taxes on Sugar Imports, Tarin Says
Bloomberg

By Khalid Qayum and Khaleeq Ahmed Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's government scrapped taxes on the import of sugar and announced plans to buy 1.25 million ...

WASDE Projects Increase in U.S. Sugar Supply

WASDE Projects Increase in U.S. Sugar Supply
Posted: 12 Jan 2010 06:31 PM PST

WASDE report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows an increase of 74,000 tons from the previous month in projected 2009/2010 U.S. sugar supply as a result of higher cane sugar production and lower imports.

Yemen - Ministry of Industry and Trade prevented on Monday sugar traders and exporters from increasing sugar prices, unless being authorized by the Ministry

Industry Ministry prevents sugar prices' soars
Yemen News Agency

SANA'A, Jan. 11 (Saba) - Ministry of Industry and Trade prevented on Monday sugar traders and exporters from increasing sugar prices, unless being ...

Florida Sugar-Cane May Have "Significant" Cold Damage (Update1)

Florida Sugar-Cane May Have "Significant" Cold Damage (Update1)
Bloomberg Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:56 PM PST

Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The freeze that iced Florida ’s oranges may have done "significant damage" to the sugar-cane crop, said producers including United States Sugar Corp.

Tunisie : 340,000 de tonnes de sucre importées en 2009

Tunisie : 340 milles de tonnes de sucre importées en 2009
African Manager

La consommation de sucre a atteint en Tunisie durant l'année 2009, quelque 340 mille tonnes. La Tunisie est considérée comme faisant partie des pays qui en ...

Pakistan - The Ministry of Commerce has written asking to change specifications for imported white sugar to allow more importers to make offers at competitive prices

Sugar import Ministry seeks change in criteria
The News International

If both the suggestions were accepted, the upcoming import of white sugar by the TCP might receive a better response from the major suppliers, ...

India - UP No raw sugar to be imported till crushing season is over: Maya

No raw sugar to be imported till crushing season is over: Maya
Expressindia.com

Farmers had also torched sugar bags in a goods train at Shamli railway station in Muzaffarnagar district. The sugar industry and traders have decried the ...

Praga ameaça plantações de cana-de-açúcar no Brasil

Praga ameaça plantações de cana-de-açúcar no Brasil
G1.com.br

A ferrugem alaranjada, um fungo que ataca as folhas da cana-de-açúcar, já foi encontrado nas regiões de Araraquara, Ribeirão Preto e Piracicaba, ...

How will a WTO sugar deal affect importing and exporting countries

How will a WTO sugar deal affect importing and exporting countries ...

It notes that "high-cost sugar producing countries like the EU" continue to maintain high levels of tariff protection. These "trade barriers result in ...

Brazil - Produção de etanol do centro-sul em 09/10 está 7,7% menor

Produção de etanol do centro-sul em 09/10 está 7,7% menor
O Globo

No acumulado desde o início da safra, 43,31 por cento da cana processada no centro-sul foi direcionada para a produção de açúcar, contra 39,75 por cento em ...

Ukrainian sugar refineries produced 1.27 million tonnes of sugar in 2009 , 19.3% less than 2008

Ukraine cuts sugar output from 2009 beet harvest 19.3%
Kyiv Post

Moscow, January 12 (Interfax) - Ukrainian sugar refineries produced 1.27 million tonnes of sugar from the 2009 sugar beet harvest according to provisional ...

Kenyan sugar production rose 7.8 percent in the first nine months of 2009 to 405835 tonnes and imports fell to 110521 tonnes

Kenyan sugar output up 7.8 pct over Jan-Sept 2009
Reuters Botswana

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan sugar production rose 7.8 percent in the first nine months of 2009 to 405835 tonnes and imports fell to 110521 tonnes, ...

The amount of sugar beets harvested in Hungary increased 20.1% yr/yr in 2009 to 692,000 tons.

Hungary's 2009 cereals harvest down 17.8%
Budapest Business Journal

... of maize dropped by 15.2% to 7.5 million tons. The amount of sugar beets harvested in Hungary increased 20.1% yr/yr in 2009 to 692000 tons. (MTI-Econews)

The German sugar industry is once again expected to exceed its EU production quota, following favourable weather conditions

German sugar production still expanding / News / Sugar sector ...

The German sugar industry is once again expected to exceed its EU production quota, following favourable weather conditions which saw the beet yield ...

Guatemala - Las exportaciones treparon a 142,199 toneladas en el último mes del año, comparadas con 30,910 toneladas en igual mes del 2008.

ACTUALIZA 1-Trepan ventas azúcar Guatemala por demanda México
Reuters

CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA, ene 11 (Reuters) - Las exportaciones de azúcar de Guatemala treparon un 360 por ciento en diciembre debido a un aumento de la demanda ...

Australia - Chinese food and retail group Bright Food wants to acquire CSR Ltd’s sugar division

CSR gets Chinese approach for sugar unit
Sydney Morning Herald

The overall market was slightly lower at the start. CSR, though, issued a statement hosing down expectations of an imminent offer from Bright Food Group. ...

Mexico - Entrarán a México un millón de toneladas de fructosa en los próximos meses.

SOCCE, SA DE CV: El azúcar pierde ante la fructosa
según SOCCE, SA DE CV

La entrada a México en los próximos meses de al menos un millón de toneladas de fructosa desplazará unas 400 mil toneladas de azúcar de producción nacional, con lo cual el precio de la materia prima en el país tenderá a la baja, ...

Google Alert - sugar crop

Google News Alert for: sugar crop

Govt left with limited options to control surging sugar price Economic Times Production in the current sugar year (October 2009-September 2010) is estimated to be 15.5 million tonne, against 14.7 mt last year, after a bumper crop of ... See all stories on this topic

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Brazil Cut Mandatory Ethanol Mix Into Gasoline to 20%

Brazil Cut Mandatory Ethanol Mix Into Gasoline to 20% (Correct)
Bloomberg

Ethanol production in Brazil's Center South, the world's largest sugar-producing region, fell 8.3 percent last year to 22.2 billion liters (5.86 billion ...

Rússia deve produzir até 5,8 mi de t de açúcar em 2010

Rússia deve produzir até 5,8 mi de t de açúcar em 2010
Último Segundo

Moscou, 11 - A Rússia deve produzir entre 5,6 milhões e 5,8 milhões de toneladas de açúcar refinado em 2010, contra 5,05 milhões de toneladas em 2009, ...

Philippines - Reports indicate that the Philippines is keen on buying around 50,000 MT of raw sugar from abroad.

DA to SRA: Increase local sugar reserve
Business Mirror

TO ease the price of refined sugar in the domestic market, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has asked the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) to scrap ...

India - "Our recommendation to the Cabinet Committee on Prices will be to extend the import window up to December 2010 on par with raw sugar,"

Govt to recommend extension of white sugar import
Press Trust of India

New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) The government today said it may extend the white sugar import window up to December 2010 to help increase availability and contain ...

Bangladesh - "One of our owners has already negotiated for supply of 12,000 tonnes of crystal sugar to Poland and another is negotiating with some other buyers,"

Bangladeshi Businesses Eye Sugar Exports to Europe
FLEXNEWS

Dhaka, Jan 10 - Bangladeshi firms are negotiating with buyers in Europe and elsewhere to export refined sugar, after demand and prices rose following poor ...

Abare - downward pressure on sugar prices from early 2010 in anticipation of increased supplies Brazil and if a normal Indian monsoon occurs.

abare.gov.au - Australian commodities – December quarter

World sugar exports are forecast to be a record 53 million tonnes (raw sugar ... The sugar exports of the European Union were 0.7 million tonnes in 2008-09, ...

Philippines - Favila said the government would still go ahead with its plan to import sugar

DTI to millers: Export your sugar
Inquirer.net

... the price of imported sugar could hit around P50 a kilo, considering the sweeteners already high price in the world market and the 38-percent tariff ...

El gobierno venezolano anunció el día 10 la inauguración del complejo agroindustrial azucarero "Ezequiel Zamora", el más moderno de América Latina y El Caribe

Anuncia Venezuela inauguración de complejo agroindustrial azucarero
Pueblo en linea

El presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez señaló que la empresa cubrirá 40 por ciento del consumo de azúcar en el país, además de aportar 50 megavatios al ...

India - Food Ministry is looking at options, including extending deadline for white sugar import beyond March 31, 2010

Govt mulls extending white sugar import deadline beyond March

The government may allow import of duty-free white sugar beyond March 31 to augment domestic supply and curb the rising price of the sweetener, ...