Saturday, 15 May 2010

Pakistan’s Trading Corp. purchased 100,000 tons of white sugar from China’s Yunnan Coal & Chemical Industry Group Co. Ltd., at $488 a ton

Pakistan Buys 100000 Tons of White Sugar at $488 a Ton
BusinessWeek

The Trading Corp. has issued two more tenders which are scheduled to open on May 22 and May 29 for the import of 200000 tons of sugar each.

in 2009- 2010 almost all sugar import (about 80,000 tons annually) to Kyrgyzstan were made from Belarus.

Kyrgyz press disclosed business ties of Lukashenka and Bakiyev
Charter 97

Thus, in 2009- 2010 almost all sugar import (about 80000 tons annually) to Kyrgyzstan were made from Belarus. From the Kyrgyz side sugar import was ...

Mauritius - 'Based on normal climatic conditions prevailing in future sugar production should be about the same level as in 2009,' it said.

Mauritius' Omnicane posts $3 mln loss in Q1
XE.com

"Based on normal climatic conditions prevailing in future sugar production should be about the same level as in 2009" it said. However, it said the rupee's appreciation against the euro would adversely affect sugar revenues. ...

Friday, 14 May 2010

India will export sugar in 2010/11 and ship out more wheat in diplomatic deals, the farm minister said on Thursday,

India to export sugar in 2010/11: Govt
Economic Times

But the wheat harvest in 2010 is set to rise to a record, exceeding demand for the fourth straight year, encouraging the government to allow limited exports ...

The Ukraine agribusiness giant said that it planned to ramp up sugar production to 600,000 tonnes by 2015, from 275,000 tonnes last year

Sugar boosted Astrata unveils huge expansion plans
Agrimoneycom

The international sugar market is so far under the impression of a possible record crop in Brazil and a good outlook for the upcoming crop in India Astarta ...

Thursday, 13 May 2010

Sugar producer OAO Rusagro became the second Russian company in two weeks to postpone an initial public offering

Sugar Producer Postpones Moscow IPO on "Volatility"
BusinessWeek

Rusagro accounted for 18 percent of Russian sugar production last year, according to the company. Rusagro has seven plants that can process either 30000 ...

Raw sugar output in Australia, the world's third-largest sugar exporter, is likely to rise by nearly 5 percent in 2010/11

Australia 10/11 sugar output estimate trimmed
Interactive Investor

Australia's canegrowers locked in high prices for more than 70 percent of the 2010/11 crop through forward sales before global sugar prices halved after ...

India - the government on Wednesday said it could consider lifting a year-long ban on futures trading in sugar in the next 3-4 weeks

Sugar futures ban to be reviewed: Pawar
Financial Express

The government has allowed duty-free import of sugar since February 2009 to augment domestic availability and spiraling prices of agricultural commodities. ...

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Bangladesh - The government will next week decide on the sugar refiners' pleas to lift exports ban

Govt decision on sugar refiners' pleas next week
Financial Express Bangladesh

The refiners said they are totally against the DO system, which is largely blamed for destabilising the sugar market, particularly ahead of the month of ...

durante los pasados meses de febrero y marzo entraron a México por el puerto de Veracruz unas 200 mil toneladas de azúcar en saco procedente de Guatemala.

Entran 200 mil tns de azúcar guatemalteco
Diario El Mundo de Córdoba

Expuso que este ingreso de azúcar fue de gran ayuda para el repunte del movimiento de carga en el puerto, que estaba a la baja desde los primeros efectos de ...

Tanzanian sugar production may rise 20 percent in the 2010-11 season as better weather improve yields, the Sugar Board of Tanzania said.

Tanzanian Sugar Output May Rise 20% in 2010-11 on Yields, Rains
BusinessWeek

By Fred Ojambo May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Tanzanian sugar production may rise 20 percent in the 2010-11 season on improved yields and better weather, the Sugar ...

La industria de azúcar en Irán se arruinará del todo en caso de la aplicación del plan económico del gobierno sobre la eliminación de los subsidios.

Advierten aplicación del plan eliminación subsidios acabará con ...
ABC.es

La industria de azúcar en Irán, que está en grave crisis por las políticas económicas del gobierno de Mahmud Ahmadineyad, se arruinará del todo en caso de ...

Mexico's current 2009-10 sugar harvest produced 4,096,840 metric tons of semi-refined standard sugar through April 24

Mexico 2009-10 Sugar Harvest Down 9.2% To Apr 24 To 4.1M Tons
DJ

MEXICO CITY, Apr 28, 2010 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) -- Mexico's current 2009-10 sugar harvest produced 4096840 metric tons of semi-refined ...

Tuesday, 11 May 2010

India - "Sugar production may exceed demand at 25 million tonne (MT) in the 2010-11 crop year starting October on the back of a 20 percentage points increase in sugarcane acreage"

Sugar output may exceed demand at 25 MT in 2010-11: Bajaj
Business Standard

The sugar crop year runs from October to September. Recently, a senior food ministry official had echoed similar views that domestic sugar output might ...

In the 2009-10 period, the country’s sugar output was estimated at 984,000 tonnes, 5,000 tonnes less than the previous year due to a drop in sugarcane output.

The volume of sugar produced domestically has not met the country’s demands, so Vietnam has had to import sugar, according to the Vietnam Sugarcane and Sugar Association (VSSA).
VietNamNet Bridge

This was not enough to supply the country's 40 sugar refineries. At a conference to review the 2009-10 sugarcane and sugar crop and plans for the future was ...

Drop in sugar prices opens potential for ethanol growth, says trading company Czarnikow

Drop in sugar prices opens potential for ethanol ...
NewNet

Toby Cohen, head of analysis at Czarnikow, said "The start of crushing in CS Brazil is always a pivotal time in the sugar market, and especially so this year following the shortfall in supply during the previous season. ...

Colombia March 2010 Sugar Production Down 4.3% To 205979 Tons

DJ Colombia March 2010 Sugar Production Down 4.3% To 205979 Tons

Colombian sugar production in March 2010 reached 205979 metric tons raw value the Colombian Cane Sugar Producers Association or Asocana said Monday ...

EU - 2010/11 se ha establecido el límite cuantitativo de las exportaciones de azúcar fuera de cuota en 650.000 toneladas de equivalente de azúcar blanco

Establecidas las cantidades de exportación fuera de cuota de ...
Agrodigital

del 1 de octubre de 2010 al 30 de septiembre de 2011, la cantidad que inicialmente se podría exportar de azúcar blanco y de isoglucosa fuera de cuota, ...

Indian mills have resumed sugar imports on the back of a fall in global sugar prices

DJ India Mills Resume Sugar Imports On Global Price Fall Official

NEW DELHI May 11 2010Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex Indian mills have resumed sugar imports on the back of a fall in global sugar prices and have ...

Ecuador's sugar production will slightly increase in 2011 by 2.6% to 562,000 MT raw sugar value (RSV).

Sugar Annual_Quito_Ecuador_5-4-2010
USDA

This is due mainly to favorable weather conditions in the coastal region of Ecuador. Ecuador will slightly increase its current import and export levels of refined sugars in MY2011. Ecuadorian exports of raw sugar to the U.S. will increase by about 1,000 MT due to the reallocations of the U.S. quota in FY 2010.

Costa Rica's sugar production is expected to reach 382,000 MTRV in 2009/2010, up from 362,000 MTRV in 2008/2009.

Sugar Annual_San Jose_Costa Rica_5-3-2010
USDA

Production is forecast to decline slightly in 2010/2011.  Costa Rica is expected to fill its U.S. WTO quota for the current fiscal year and is expecting approval to ship its 2010 CAFTA-DR quota.

Monday, 10 May 2010

India - “About 95 per cent of the crushing will be over by May 15 and production may cross the 18.5 million tonnes estimated earlier,”

Sugar output up as rain improves yields
Business Standard

... National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories, said today in an interview. “About 95 per cent of the crushing will be over by May 15 and production ...

Sugar output in Thailand, the world's second-biggest exporter, may be little changed in 2010/11 from the recently finished crop

Thailand Expects Flat 2010/11 Sugar Production
FLEXNEWS

They have said the delay to the rainy season caused by El Nino would cut cane production as well as sugar content in the cane. If the forecast is accurate ...

India - M'rashtra to advance crushing by a month

M'rashtra to advance crushing by a month
Economic Times

PUNE: The bumper sugarcane crop in 2010-11 has started giving nightmares to the Maharashtra government. The state has ordered the sugar comissionerate to ...

Sunday, 9 May 2010

The state-owned Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation will import the sugar through Asia Commodity Limited, a local importer, at a cost of Tk 89.73 crore

Govt readies Ramadan sugar
The Daily Star

The cabinet committee on purchase yesterday approved import of 25000 tonnes of sugar to keep the market stable during the month of Ramadan. ...

Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has awarded contract for the supply of 200,000 metric tons of white sugar M/s Al-Khaleej Sugar Co Dubai

TCP contract for sugar import
Pakistan Observer

Karachi—Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has awarded contract for the supply of 200000 metric tons of white sugar M/s Al-Khaleej Sugar Co Dubai at ...