Saturday, 23 January 2010

México espera 4.5-4.9 mln T azúcar 09/10

ENTREVISTA-México espera 4.5-4.9 mln T azúcar 09/10 - MSN ...
MEXICO DF (Reuters)

La cosecha de azúcar de México en el presente ciclo 2009/ 10 sería de entre 4.5 y 4.9 millones de toneladas, menos que las 4.96 ...

Friday, 22 January 2010

Brazil - Total cane crushing N-NE, however, is seen down at 61 million tonnes, compared with 64 million in the 2008/09 season

Dryness in Brazil's northeast boosts sugar cane quality
UkrAgroConsult

... the effect on the current crop has been favourable, boosting concentration of sucrose in cane to yield more ethanol and sugar per tonne of cane crushed. ...

In 2009, Thailand sold 1.03 million tonnes of sugar to Indonesia, 720,000 tonnes to Japan, 480,000 to Cambodia and 310,000 to India, he said

UPDATE 1Thai 2009 sugar exports hit record 5.1 mln tonnes (Adds details and table)
By Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat BANGKOK, Jan 22 (Reuters)

Thai 2009 sugar exports rose 3.95 percent from the previous year to a ...

Thailand - "Instead of one tonne of sugarcane producing 105 kg of sugar, the amount is lowered to 100 kg," he said.

Earlier crushing dents sugar production

Earlier crushing in the 2009-10 harvest season will cost sugarcane farmers about 8.75 billion baht, says Kamthorn Kitichotisub, chairman of the National ...

Australia - plans to establish a $400 million sugar, ethanol and power generation facility on a 106ha site near Ingham.

New sugar mill for NQ
North Queensland Register

The first expressed juice will be used for sugar production while the second expressed juice and molasses will go to the distillery. ...

Shipments from Thailand may be “slightly” more than 5 million tons this year, little changed from 2009, said Piromsak

Sugar May Advance 20% in First Half, Top Thai Exporter Says
BusinessWeek

Sugar had its biggest annual gain since 1974 last year because of rains and drought in Brazil and India, the largest growers. “The market remains bullish,” ...

Pakistan - Minister said that 0.5 million tons sugar will reach the country till March while they had advised the private sector to import their due share of sugar till June

Govt to maintain sugar stock: Bijarani
Pakistan Observer

Islamabad—Federal Minister for Industries and Production, Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani has said that sugar stocks would be available at right time to avoid worse ...

Thursday, 21 January 2010

For the full year of 2009, China imported 1.06 million tons of sugar, up 36.5%

China 2009 Sugar Imports 1.06 Mln Tons, Up 36.5% On YearBEIJING (Dow Jones)

China 2009 Sugar Imports 1.06 Mln Tons, Up 36.5% On Year -- China imported 20320 metric tons of sugar in December, ...

China - More than 356,500 tons of sugar was sold at an average price of CNY4,798 ($702) a metric

China Sells 3rd Batch Of Reserve Sugar; Below-Market Price
Wall Street Journal

"Three batches of reserved sugar have been sold, but cash prices remained steady. This indicates a strong demand in the physical market," said Chen Shuqiang ...

China - In the full year of 2009, refined sugar output fell 8.5% to 13.229 million tons

China Dec Refined Sugar Output 2.68 Mln Tons; Up 11.2% On Year
The Forex Market Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:24 PM PST

BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China's refined sugar production in December rose 11.2% from a year earlier to 2.682 million metric tons, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

Ukraine - in 2009 agrarians have harvested 10.021 mn MT sugar beet, down 3.417 mn MT (- 25.4%) against 2008.

- 2009 sugar beet crop fell by 25.4%, down to ...
Agro Perspectiva

22:40, 2009 sugar beet crop fell by 25.4%, down to 10.021 mn MT. 22:40, 2009 sunseeds crop sagged by 2.5%, down to 6.361 mn MT ...

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Mexico - el país se enfrentó a un déficit de hasta 700 mil toneladas de azúcar

Podría México necesitar 450 mil toneladas de azúcar
El Financiero (México)

Héctor Alvarez de la Cadena, presidente de la rama de azúcar de la Cámara Nacional de la Industria de la Transformación (Canacintra) , dijo luego de una ...

EU - Brussels is, "as a matter of urgency", investigating whether Europe can legally breach a World Trade Organisation ceiling on sugar exports

EU investigating ways to breach sugar export curbs
Agrimoney.com

Brussels is, "as a matter of urgency", investigating whether Europe can legally breach a World Trade Organisation ceiling on sugar exports, a move which ...

The refinery of "Argentina" Sugarcane Processing Plant started its operations in the Cuban province of Camagüey

Camagüey-based Sugarcane Processing Plant Begins to Refine Sugar
Radio Cadena Agramonet

This sugarcane processing plant will not be milling in the current harvest, and it will only process the raw sugar brought from sugar mills located in the ...

México ha producido 995 mil 804 toneladas de azúcar en lo que va de la zafra 2009/2010 al 16 de enero.

Producción de azúcar mexicana cae 8.08% durante enero
El Mexicano

México ha producido 995 mil 804 toneladas de azúcar en lo que va de la zafra 2009/2010 al 16 de enero, una baja del 8.08 por ciento frente al mismo periodo ...

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Brasil - Neste primeiro ano de operação, a Rumo planeja movimentar 5 milhões de toneladas de açúcar por meio ferroviário.

Companhia da Cosan inicia operação de transporte de açúcar
Revista Portos e Navios

A empresa, voltada para o transporte ferroviário de açúcar entre o interior de São Paulo eo porto de Santos (SP), já começou suas operações no início deste ...

EU - la delegación belga solicitó que se pudiera exportar más azúcar sobre el límite establecido por la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) de 1,3 millones de toneladas

Bélgica pide que la Comisión agilice su decisión sobre si se puede ...
Agrodigital

En la reunión del Consejo de Ministros de Agricultura celebrado ayer en Bruselas, la delegación belga solicitó que se pudiera exportar más azúcar sobre el ...

Brasil - Metade do crescimento da exportação de açúcar em 2009 foi de estoque, diz UNICA.

Brasil - Metade do crescimento da exportação de açúcar em 2009 foi de estoque, diz UNICA.

Cerca da metade de tudo o que o Brasil exportou a mais de açúcar em 2009 já estava estocado, fruto de safras anteriores, o que ajuda a compreender o comportamento dos preços deste produto e do etanol nos últimos meses, de acordo com avaliação técnica da União da Indústria de Cana-de-Açúcar (UNICA).

The move means Pakistan is seeking to purchase a total of 450,000 tonnes of sugar in world markets.

Tender for 50000T sugar issued
The Nation, Pakistan

HAMBURG (Reuters) - TCP has issued another international tender to purchase 50000 tonnes of white sugar, European traders said on Monday. ...

Monday, 18 January 2010

United States - Louisiana’s sugar cane growers had a good crop this year, but wet weather means there was less sugar in the cane

Louisiana cane harvest ends with low-sugar crop
2TheAdvocate

AP Business Louisiana's sugar cane growers had a good crop this year, but wet weather means there was less sugar in the cane, according to LSU AgCenter ...

Vietnam plans to import 150,000 tons of sugar in 2010, up 35 percent from last year

Vietnam may triple sugar imports in 2010
www.dztimes.net

Vietnam plans to import 150000 tons of sugar in 2010, up 35 percent from last year.

China will auction 360,000 metric tons of sugar from state stockpiles on Jan. 21.

China to Auction 360,000 Tons of Sugar From Stocks (Update1)
Bloomberg Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:06 PM PST

Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- China will auction 360,000 metric tons of sugar from state stockpiles on Jan. 21, the Guangxi Bulk Sugar Exchange Center Co. said.

Indonesia - The plan aims to increase 14 PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) production capacities from 37,000 tons to 40,000 tons a year

State plantations to spend Rp 9t in 2010, mostly on factories
Jakarta Post

The plan aims to increase the company's sugar factory production capacities from 37000 tons to 40000 tons a year. PTPN XI and PTPN XII, meanwhile, ...

Sunday, 17 January 2010

Pakistan - Sugar production in Sindh is likely to decline by 400000 tons

Sindh sugar output seen plunging by 0.4mn tons
DAWN.com

Sugar production in Sindh is likely to decline by 400000 tons as abnormally high cane prices owing to short crop marred the ongoing ...