"Everyone's looking to see how they can produce more to take advantage of the market opportunities generated by Mexico," said Jose Orive, the head of the Central American Sugar Association.

Central America Revs Up to Meet Mexico Sugar Demand - Food ...

Mexico announced its sugar harvest would be smaller than expected due to bad weather and aging cane fields, forcing the Economy Ministry to open a ...

Indian mills have place 5.8Mt duty free sugar import contract since April 1, 2009

Indian mills place 5.8Mt duty free sugar import contract | 12 ...

Indian sugar mills have contracted for the import of 5.8 million metric tonnes duty free sugar since April 1, 2009, in order boost domestic supply, ...

Sugar output in Brazil's main producing region may jump by 19% in the coming harvest

Key Brazil sugar region could raise output by 19%
Agrimoney.com

The rains that dogged last year's harvest, providing logistical problems as well as lowering sugar yields, have laid strong foundations for the next crop. ...

Germany - "No one had expected that production would be so high and this is likely to mean that beet plantings will be reduced," he said.

Germany May Cut Sugar Plantings After Big Harvest
FLEXNEWS

Hamburg, Feb 10 - Germany has achieved a larger than expected sugar crop this season but farmers may cut beet plantings this spring as the country produces ...

Customs statistics show China imported 1.06 million tons of sugar in 2009, up 36.5 percent from the previous year. But sugar imports have dropped off sharply since August 2009 as global sugar prices rose.

No sweet solution to sugar shortage
China Daily

But sugar imports have dropped off sharply since August 2009 as global sugar prices rose. Beginning in December 2009, the government has already staged ...

Brazil - Açúcar congestiona o Porto do Recife

Açúcar congestiona o Porto do Recife
Notícias Agrícolas

O aumento da movimentação portuária está deixando menos trabalhadores disponíveis para operar os navios que serão carregados com açúcar ensacado no Porto do Recife. “A quantidade de serviço aumentou e o número de pessoas é o mesmo”, ...

Dubai - Al Khaleej has about 600,000 tonnes in storage

Shortage of sugar is sweet for Al Khaleej
The National

Al Khaleej Sugar Company, the Dubai refining giant, has more than US$450 million (Dh1.65bn) worth of the raw commodity on hand and plans to boost production capacity by 40 per cent this year to capitalise on record prices.

United States - The February issue of the SUGAR AND SWEETENERS OUTLOOK is available in PDF format

The February 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

Release of the outlook report has been delayed due to the closure of the Federal Government in the DC area because of heavy snowfall.

The next issue of SUGAR AND SWEETENERS OUTLOOK will be released on
March 15, 2010.  This report examines world and U.S. production,
consumption, trade, stocks, and prices for beet and cane sugar, and
high fructose corn syrup.

La Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise (CSS) devrait importer 60.000 tonnes qui coûtent plus cher que son produit

La CSS va importer 60.000 tonnes de sucre pour garantir l ...
AP Sénégalaise

Dakar, 10 fév (APS) – La Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise (CSS) n'a pas pour l'instant demandé à augmenter le prix du sucre, mais devrait importer 60.000 ...

China May Import More Sugar This Year on Shortage, Customs Says

China May Import More Sugar This Year on Shortage, Customs Says
BusinessWeek

It did not give a forecast for sugar imports this year. Demand for sugar in China may exceed production by 3.3 million tons after drought and cold weather ...

Paraguay - El gobierno decidió bajar en un 50% el arancel aduanero para la importación de azúcar

Reducen arancel a importación de azúcar para evitar escasez
La Nación (Paraguay)

El gobierno decidió bajar en un 50% el arancel aduanero para la importación de azúcar debido a la escasez del producto en el mercado, ...

United Kingdom - Five key issues at the heart of sugar beet contract negotiations

Five key issues at the heart of sugar beet contract negotiations
FarmersWeekly

... remaining committed to coming to a final agreement on the way forward for the sugar industry," a spokesman told Crops in early February. ...

Sugar-Cane Crop Area in India to Rise Marginally, Official Says

Sugar-Cane Crop Area in India to Rise Marginally, Official Says
BusinessWeek

10 (Bloomberg) -- Farmers in India, the biggest sugar consumer, may only increase planting of cane “marginally” as some growers choose grains, ...

Swaziland - The delayed orders from the European Union (EU) resulted in a drop in the country’s sugar exports by the end of the first half of the 2009/2010 season.

Sugar exports drop by 18.6%
Times of Swaziland

MBABANE – According to the Central Bank of Swaziland (CBS) Quarterly Review of September 2009, export volumes decreased by 18.6 per cent to only 139 232 metric tonnes by the end of the first half of the 2009/2010 season. ...

Nicaragua exportará 25.000 toneladas de azúcar al mercado mexicano a partir del próximo mes

Nicaragua exportará 25 mil toneladas de azúcar a México
La Nación Costa Rica

Nicaragua exportará 25.000 toneladas de azúcar al mercado mexicano a partir del próximo mes, lo que equivale al 10% de lo que necesita México para ...

Thailand Cuts Sugar Output Forecast To 6.62 Mln Tons

Thailand Cuts Sugar Output Forecast To 6.62 Mln Tons
Wall Street Journal

Sugar production is likely to total 6.62 million metric tons for the crop year starting Oct. 1, said Prasert Tapaneeyangkul, secretary-general of the Office ...

The Indian government plans to import one million tonne of ready-to-eat white sugar through state-owned trading companies for selling to local consumers at subsidised prices

Centre may import 1mt sugar for subsidised sales
Economic Times

As India is currently at the peak of the 2009-10 sugar producing season, this import is expected to be timed only after April, when the cane harvest is over ...

February 2010 WASDE Report Analysts

February 2010 WASDE Report Analysts
Imperial Sugar Company Online Newsroom

As the below Table 11 from the USDA Sweetener Market Data set shows, total US sugar deliveries for human consumption were up 4.7 % in the October-December quarter, with deliveries to the beverage industry up by over 25 %. ...

Cargill [CARG.UL] will build a $120 million sugar refinery plant in Egypt, Egypt's Industrial Development Authority Chairman Amr Assal said

Cargill to Build its First Sugar Plant in Egypt
FLEXNEWS

"The plant will produce 600,000 tonnes of sugar per year," Assal told Reuters in an interview. "Production target is in 2012."

A group plans to build the country's second sugar plant since the 1970s and hopes to produce 80,000 tonnes of annually within three years

Cambodian firm plans $100 million sugar plant JV
Reuters India

The Mong Reththy Group plans to build the country's second sugar plant since ... which allows tariff-free imports of any product except weapons from poor ...

Australia - MACKAY Sugar will go ahead with the construction of a power plant that will have the capacity to generate one-third of the Mackay region’s electricity requirements from sugar cane fibre waste

Mackay Sugar's plan to power city
The Daily Mercury Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:45 AM PST

MACKAY Sugar has announced it will go ahead with the construction of a $120 million power plant at Racecourse Mill.

Dubai's Al Khaleej sugar refinery, the world's largest, plans to expand its raw sugar storage capacity to 1.5 million tonnes from 1 million by the end of this year

Al Khaleej Refinery Plans to Expand Storage Capacity
Khaleej Times Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:54 AM PST

DUBAI - Dubai's Al Khaleej sugar refinery, the world's largest, plans to expand its raw sugar storage capacity to 1.5 million tonnes from 1 million by the end of this year, its managing director said.

Cargill Inc. will begin sugar production at its first Indian refinery this week

Cargill's India Venture to Begin Sugar Production This Week
Bloomberg Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:21 PM PST

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Cargill Inc., the largest U.S. agricultural company, will begin sugar production at its first Indian refinery this week to tap into the world's biggest consumer of the sweetener, a company executive said.

Indian buyers booked 180000 tonnes of physical raw sugar for March and July shipment when futures fell on Friday February 5

Indian buyers booked 180000 T raw sugartrade
Reuters

DUBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Indian buyers booked 180000 tonnes of physical raw sugar for March and July shipment when futures fell on Friday February 5, ...

Cuba - el primer embarque de azúcar a granel en año 2010 ascendente a 24 mil toneladas del producto - destino China.

Lista terminal cienfueguera para primer embarque de azúcar a ...
Radio Ciudad Del Mar

Los trabajadores de la Unidad Empresarial de Base “Tricontinental” en Cienfuegos ya se alistan para asumir, esta semana, el primer embarque de azúcar a ...

India - The Centre is weighing the option of asking bulk consumers to use only imported refined sugar.

Centre mulls domestic sugar ban for bulk users
Business Standard

Bulk consumers account for over 65 per cent of India's sugar consumption. Data available with the department and sugar industry shows that of the 15 million ...

México comprará a Nicaragua el 10 por ciento de un cupo especial de importación de 250 mil toneladas de azúcar, la cual nuestro país podrá venderle sin pagar aranceles.

Azúcar nica para México NO pagará aranceles - ...
Economía - La Voz

La demanda anual de azúcar en el país se estima en alrededor de 5.26 millones de toneladas, mientras que la producción programada para la zafra 2009/2010 es de 4.97 millones de toneladas, dijo la Secretaría en un comunicado. ...

Ethanol to save India sugar mills from 2011 slump

Ethanol to save India sugar mills from 2011 slump
Agrimoney.com

Sugar mills would also enjoy a cushion from the downturn from debt paydowns enabled by the current boom, fostered by the bull market in sugar caused by ...

Analyst F.O. Licht on Monday cut its forecast for global sugar production in 2009/10 to 153.9 million tonnes, down from a previous projection of 156.9 million

Licht cuts 2009/10 global sugar output forecast
Reuters India

Licht put China's cane sugar crop in 2009/10 at 11.32 million tonnes, down from a previous forecast of 12.70 million and now well below the prior season's ...

China produced 6.12 million metric tons of sugar in the crop year to January 31.

China Oct-Jan sugar output rises to 6.12 mln tons
Commodity Online

BEIJING (Commodity Online) : China produced 6.12 million metric tons of sugar in the crop year to January 31. According to China Sugar Association, ...

ILLOVO Sugar aims to increase the group’s annual sugar production from 1,7-million tons to between 2,5-million tons and 2,7-million tons

Illovo sweet on African investment
Business Day

Illovo Sugar plans to spend about 6 billion rand over the next five years to boost sugar production in Africa to 2.5-2.7 million tonnes from 1.7 million, ...

India - UP - Sources said in all probability, the state is not only likely to achieve last year’s target but may also breach it marginally

Sugar production in UP might touch previous year's level
Financial express

Sugar production in UP might touch previous year's level.

India, the biggest sugar consumer, may produce as much as 23 million to 24 million metric tons in the 2010-11 season

Production may total 22 million tons on a “conservative basis,” M.N. Rao, deputy director general of the association, said in an interview at an industry conference in Dubai today.
BusinessWeek

“A major portion of the plant crop is yet to be crushed, and there the recovery tends to be higher,” he said. Output in the 2009-10 season that started Oct. ...

it is still uncertain whether Barbados will be able to produce enough sugar to meet the sugar quota agreed with Europe.

THIS YEAR'S SUGAR HARVEST may begin as early as tomorrow due to the drought the island is facing
Daily Nation Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:17 AM PST

THIS YEAR'S SUGAR HARVEST may begin as early as tomorrow due to the drought the island is facing. And it is still uncertain whether Barbados will be able to produce enough sugar to meet the sugar quota agreed with Europe.

Mexico opened an additional sugar import quota of 250,000 tonnes for 2010 to cover an expected shortfall in the domestic harvest

Mexico sets 250000 tonne 2010 sugar import quota
Reuters

Mexico's 2009/10 sugar harvest is forecast to come in as low as 4.5 million tonnes, below the 4.97 million previously estimated by the national sugar ...

Sugar output in Brazil, the biggest grower, may jump by as much as 4.4 million metric tons to 35.3 million tons in the 2010-11 season,

Brazil Sugar Output May Jump by 4.4 Million Tons, Datagro Says
BusinessWeek

The global sugar market may have a surplus of 1.5 million tons next year as farmers increase planting to take advantage of record sugar prices, he said.

Fiji - The last season - the four sugar mills processed a total of 2.2 million tones of cane and made 167,611 tones of sugar

The total cane harvest and sugar production for the 2009 season recorded a reduction to the 2008 season.
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd

The total cane harvest and sugar production for the 2009 season recorded a reduction to the 2008 season. The last season - the four sugar mills processed a ...

The Indian government will prevent large sugar consumers from stocking sugar equivalent to more than 10 days of consumption

Govt tightens sugar stock holding limit wef Feb 20
Moneycontrol.com

... would not be allowed to hold sugar stocks more than 15 days of their consumption as part of its efforts to boost supplies in the domestic market. ...