Saturday, 13 March 2010

United Kingdom - Wissington - the world's biggest beet sugar factory near Downham Market in Norfolk - has sliced a record tonnage of more than three million tonnes.

World's biggest beet refinery in Norfolk slices record crop
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

Wissington - the world's biggest beet sugar factory near Downham Market in Norfolk - has sliced a record tonnage of more than three million tonnes. ...

Friday, 12 March 2010

Russia might increase sugar production as much as 11% to 5.6 million tonnes this year - chair of the Russian sugar association Soyuzrossakhar Andrei Bodin.

Russia will produce 11% more sugar in 2010 – experts -
Interfax

Sugar production in the context of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus, ... Increased sugar production in Russia will necessitate more warehouse capacity, ...

Argentina - En la campaña azucarera 2008/09 la superficie plantada con caña tuvo un leve crecimiento con respecto al ciclo anterior.

Con rindes inferiores se obtuvo igual cantidad de azúcar
La Gaceta Tucumán

Esta situación determinó que a pesar de producirse rendimientos culturales y fabriles inferiores a los de la zafra 2008, la cantidad de azúcar producido ...

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1.5 million tons of sugar. Source:Xinhua. Cuba's sugar harvest threatened by rain, organizational problems - People's Daily Online (12 March 2010) ...


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FACTBOX - Key facts about India's sugar sector

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It also buys 10-20 percent of mills' output below market rates for subsidised sale to the poor and fixes the quantity each mill can sell in the open market. ...

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Thursday, 11 March 2010

The Cameroonian government has authorized the importation of 35,000 tons

Cameroon to import 35000 tons of sugar to cover deficit
African Manager

At the end of consultations with operators of the sugar industry, the Minister for Finance and Budget, Pierre Titi, announced that the consignment wou ld be ...

Tanzania - The Tanganyika Planting Company (TPC) raised sugar production to 78,000 tonnes in the 2008/09 season from 60,000 tonnes in 2007/08.

Sugar factory output up 23pc
The Citizen Daily

By Beldina Nyakeke The Tanganyika Planting Company (TPC) raised sugar production to 78000 tonnes in the 2008/09 season from 60000 tonnes in 2007/08. ...

United States - Sugar Supply in U.S. Remains Tight | Imperial

March WASDE Report: Sugar Supply in U.S. Remains Tight | Imperial ...
By isc

The USDA made more changes in the estimates of the 2009/2010 Mexican sugar balance. It reduced the estimate of the Mexican sugar crop by 200000 tons to 4.9 million tons raw value, in line with current reports of lower production to date ...

United States - REUTERS: When will USDA make a decision on sugar imports?

REUTERS: When will USDA make a decision on sugar imports? « The ...
By sugarcaneblog

If more sugar is needed, USDA could increase the tonnage allowed into the country under the tariff-rate quota, its main lever to control imports. By law, the TRQ is set on the Oct 1 start of the marketing year at the minimum to satisfy ...

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Cuba reports low sugar industry productivity, adding to bad economic news

Cuba reports low sugar industry productivity adding to bad ...

Production at Cuba's sugar plants has been hit hard this year by inefficiency, a spate of breakdowns and other technical problems, state-media reported ...

Colombian sugar production in January 2010 reached 202,239 metric tons raw value

DJ Colombia Jan 2010 Sugar Production Flat At 202239 Tons -
Asocana

Colombian sugar production in January 2010 reached 202239 metric tons raw value, virtually flat from 202179 tons in the same month last year, the Colombian ...

Guatemala - Mineco solicitó autorización de contingente de azúcar

Guatemala gestiona importar azúcar debido a la escasez por el ...
el Periodico

Guatemala solicitó al Consejo Centroamericano de Ministros de Economía (Comieco) una autorización para importar 100.000 toneladas de azúcar al país, ...

May No.5 Sugar Down USD 200+ MT - See how Sugarflows shows impact of increases in India and Brazil crop estimates

Change crop estimates, and model the direct effect on outright prices, trade flows, spreads, arbs and differentials.

This Model has Brazil 2010/2011 production at 36,000,000 MT and India at 14,800,000 MT May NO.5 is projected at USD 790 MT

The same Model has Brazil 2010/2011 production at 38,000,000 MT and India at 16,800,000 MT May NO.5 is projected at USD 525 MT

To change any of the estimates to see the impact on prices and trade flows please contact Philip Myers at admin@commodityflows.com

O Brasil deve produzir na safra 2010/11 (abril/março) 37,3 milhões de toneladas de açúcar

Datagro vê alta de 13% na produção de açúcar do Brasil
O Globo

SÃO PAULO (Reuters) - O Brasil deve produzir na safra 2010/11 (abril/março) 37,3 milhões de toneladas de açúcar, 12,7 por cento a mais que as 33,1 milhões ...

Guatemalan sugar exports from the current 2009-10 cane harvest are forecast to reach 1.4 million metric tons mixed value

DJ Guatemala 09-10 Sugar Exports Seen Up 2.4% To 1.4M Tons-Asazgua
GUATEMALA CITY, Mar 09, 2010 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex)

Guatemalan sugar exports from the current 2009-10 cane harvest are forecast to reach 1.4 million metric tons mixed value, the Guatemalan Sugar Growers Association, or Asazgua, said Tuesday.

España - La caída de rendimiento de la actual cosecha azucarera pone en riesgo el compromiso adquirido de mandar a la exportación 50.000 toneladas de azúcar

León vuelve a exportar azúcar tras dos años de aplicación de la OCM
Diario de León

Algo falló en el diseño de la OCM del azúcar. Tanto, que dos años después de aplicar el recorte que impuso la Comisión Europea, la producción vuelve a ...

Tongaat Profit Up 37 Percent As Sugar Prices Bounce Back

South Africa: Tongaat Profit Up 37 Percent As Sugar ...
allAfrica.com

Sugar production in Zimbabwe for the period was 259 000 tons, down from 298 000 tons in 2008, and it contributed R1,457bn to the group's total R9,1bn ...

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

CI Capital expects Egypt's sugar imports to fall

CI Capital expects Egypt's sugar imports to fall

As a result Egypt had to import sugar to cover the local gap Raw sugar used to capture the lion's share in total sugar imports except in 2008 The brokerage

French and Algerian firms to build sugar refinery

Farmers pack sugar cane in the southern Egyptian town of Nagaa Hamady in Qena

PARIS (Reuters) - French sugar maker Cristal Union and Algerian food firm LaBelle signed a partnership to build a joint refinery in Algeria with an initial capacity of 350,000 tonnes of raw sugar per year, Cristal Union said on Monday.

A private buyer in Iran has purchased 80,000 metric tons of raw sugar from international trade house Bunge, a European trade source said Monday.

A private buyer in Iran has purchased 80,000 metric tons of raw sugar from international trade house Bunge, a European trade source said Monday.
LONDON (Dow Jones)

The purchase, combined with Egypt's state sugar buyer's purchase of 90,000 tons of raw sugar at the weekend, could indicate that historically high sugar prices haven't yet resulted in demand destruction, said the trade source.

The Fiji Sugar Corporation is reportedly rationing the supply of sugar, to prevent it being exported to to other Pacific nations undetected.

Fiji clamp on sugar exports
Australia Network News

This was after a fall in sugar production. The Fiji Sugar Corporation's chief executive officer, Deo Saran, told the Fiji Times they are now rationing local ...

India 2009/10 sugar output seen at 16.8 mln T-industry

India 2009-10 Sugar Output Seen At 16.8 Mln Tons – Industry ...
NEW DELHI, March 9 (Reuters)

India's sugar output in year to September is seen at 16.8 million tonnes due to better yields, Indian Sugar Mills Association President Vivek Saraogi said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Mayank Bhardwaj; editing by Malini Menon)

Ethiopia - Despite the latest attempts to regulate sugar distribution, there is still a shortage of the product in Addis Ababa.

Ethiopia - Sugar shortage continues as door to door system falters
Capital

The government has given a priority to improve the production capacity of the three factories, including the construction of huge sugar factory at Tendaho ...

China auctioned most of the sugar it planned to sell from state reserves Friday

DJ China Sells Fourth Batch Of Reserve Sugar At Market Price

"Theoretically, the more sugar released, the lower the price should be, as it brought more supplies to the market. But the real situation was the opposite, ...

Costa Rica pide prórroga de cuota - Acceso a azúcar es vital para renegociar TLC con México

Acceso a azúcar es vital para renegociar TLC con México
La Nación Costa Rica

La prórroga de un acuerdo que otorgaba una cuota de azúcar a Costa Rica en el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con México es vital para el país en la actual ...

Brasil processará 654 mihões de toneladas de cana em 2010/11

Brasil processará 654 mihões de toneladas de cana em 2010/11
Jornal do Comércio

O Brasil processará 654 milhões de toneladas de cana-de-açúcar em 2010/2011, alta de 10,4% sobre as 594,47 milhões de toneladas moídas em 2009/2010, ...

India - cane acreage in the country is likely to increase by 15 per cent for 2010-11.

Cane acreage likely to rise 15%
Virendra Singh Rawat / New Delhi/ Lucknow March 09, 2010, 0:23 IST

In the backdrop of remunerative prices to sugarcane farmers during the 2009-10 crushing season, cane acreage in the country is likely to increase by 15 per cent for 2010-11.

Guatemalan sugar exports from the current 2009-10 cane harvest to Mexico to date have surged to close to 200,000 metric tons

Guatemala 2009-10 Sugar Exports To Mexico Jump To 200000 Tons ...
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The surge in Guatemalan sugar shipments to Mexico comes as Mexico's 2009-10 harvest has fallen behind the year-ago pace by more than 15%, widening the local supply shortage created by Mexico's harvest last year that also ended sharply below expectations.

Productores de azúcar de Guatemala recomprarán unas 23,000 toneladas del endulzante que originalmente estaban destinadas para exportación

ACTUALIZA 1-Guatemala recomprará azúcar de exportación: Asazgua
Reuters

CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA, mar 3 (Reuters) - Productores de azúcar de Guatemala recomprarán unas 23000 toneladas del endulzante que originalmente estaban ...

Monday, 8 March 2010

Kenya has abolished the auction of sugar import licenses after the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) bloc said it hampered free trade

Kenya scraps auction of sugar import rights | Reuters
NAIROBI (Reuters)

Kenya has abolished the auction of sugar import licenses after the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) bloc said it ...

Sugar makers in India, the world’s biggest user, are selling below cost of production as government measures to increase supplies have pushed domestic prices to a four-month low

India Sugar Mills "Pinched" by State Measures, Sell Below Cost
BusinessWeek

By Pratik Parija March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Sugar makers in India, the world's biggest user, are selling below cost of production as government measures to ...

China Sugar imports in 2009 Exceed One Million Tons

China Sugar imports in 2009 Exceed One Million Tons
ETCN

China customs statistical data showed that in 2009 China's accumulated sugar imports reached 1,064,000 tons, worth of USD 380 million, up by 36.5 percent and 18.8 percent respectively year on year. The import average price was USD 355.5 per ton, down by 13 percent over the previous year.