India - Sugar production may rise to 23 MT in 2010-11 season

Sugar production may rise to 23 MT in 2010-11 season
Business Standard

PTI / New Delhi April 2, 2010, 16:08 IST The country's sugar production may increase to meet the yearly demand of 23 million tonnes in the next 2010-11 ...

India - Maharashtra - So far, around 6.1 mt sugar produced, compared to 4.56 mt sugar to the same point last year.

Cane surplus: Maharashtra mills extend crushing to mid-May
Business Standard

... said, “If imports of white sugar are not banned with immediate effect, this will lead to a serious problem for the sugar industry in the country. ...

Sudan's state sugar company on Wednesday said it was planning to buy between 80,000 to 100,000 tonnes of white sugar

Sudan looks to import 100,000 tonnes of sugar

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's state sugar company on Wednesday said it was planning to buy between 80,000 to 100,000 tonnes of white sugar to fill a gap in the local market.

Jamaica – Sugar Transformation Project gets $857 Million – Govt

Sugar Transformation Project gets $857 Million
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service

Anticipated targets for the 2010/11 fiscal year include: increased capitalisation of the Cane Expansion Fund administered by the Sugar Industry Authority;

India Oct-March Sugar Imports Rise To 3.17 Mln Tons – Official

= India Oct-March Sugar Imports Rise To 3.17 Mln Tons – Official
NEW DELHI, Mar 31, 2010 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) –

Indian sugar imports since Oct. 1–the start of the 2009-10 marketing year–have already exceeded the previous year’s total, but they are now likely to slow

Ukraine – the ministry intends to initiate higher quotas for raw sugar imports from WTO member states by 100,000 tons, according to Kommersant-Ukraine

Government about to raise quotas for raw sugar imports
NRCU – Ukrainian Radio

Thus, the ministry intends to initiate higher quotas for raw sugar imports from WTO member states by 100000 tons, according to Kommersant-Ukraine.

Brazil – UNICA’s projected total sugarcane harvest should reach 595.89 million tons, compared with 541.50 million tons estimated for the 2009/10 harvest, which officially ends today.

2010/2011: Brazil’s Sugarcane Harvest That Would Have Been in 2009/2010
PR Newswire

“The cane available for ethanol and sugar production in the 2010/11 harvest is virtually the same as in the 2009/10 harvest, which was severely hampered by unfavorable weather conditions. In other words, in terms of crushing, the new harvest should be what the industry was simply unable to complete in the previous harvest.”

India is likely to produce 18.0-18.5 million tonnes of sugar this year, a leading industry body said,

India sugar output seen up 7-10 pct – industry body
Reuters India

NEW DELHI, March 31 (Reuters) – India is expected to produce 18.0-18.5 million tonnes of sugar in the year to September, a leading industry body said on

Indonesia’s sugar cane production is forecast to increase to 2. 7 million tons this year from last year’s 2.3 million tons, according to Senior Adviser of Indonesia’s Sugar Association Celosewoko.

Indonesia to limit imports of sugar
istockAnalyst.com (press release)

A tight control on import would be carried out as the price of sugar at the international market is seen to continue falling this year due to over

China’s sugar production would drop by nearly 10 percent as the severest drought in a century continued to devastate sugar cane croplands in the country’s south

China’s sugar output to drop about 10% amid severe drought
People’s Daily Online

industry associations said Tuesday. China’s sugar production this season would see a year on year drop of one million tonnes to 11 million tonnes,

Ukraine – He said that according to the Ukrtsukor association of sugar producers, the reserves are one million tonnes, while according to other data the reserves are 460,000 tonnes.

Government to estimate sugar reserves in Ukraine | Ukraine
By admin

Sugar Beet Research Institute Director Mykola Roik called on the authorities to introduce the obligatory declaration of sugar reserves by all market operators. According to Roik, erroneous information on excess sugar reserves two years

Philippines – If granted, Philippine sugar millers will likely take on US orders for refined sugar on top of current demand for the raw variant of the , a Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) official yesterday said.

US tariff perk sought for refined sugar
BusinessWorld Online

The Philippines currently enjoys tariff preferences only for its raw cane sugar exports. Refined sugar from the Philippines did not receive GSP duty-free

India – ” I would put outside limit of India’s sugar production in 2010-11 between 20 and 21 million tonne. That will leave a gap of about 3 million tonne which we may have to import.”

India may import 3mt sugar in FY11: Hindu Business Line
Moneycontrol.com

I am looking at sugar this way; it is the expectation that India’s sugar production will bounce back during 2010-11 which has put pressure on global sugar prices now.