French sugar beet production in 2010 could reach between 32 million and 33 million metric tons

DJ French 2010 Beet Sugar Harvest Seen At 32M33M Tons
PARIS Jul 08 2010Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex

French sugar beet production in 2010 could reach between 32 million and 33 million metric tons ...

Brazil - As a result, Datagro expects to trim its May estimate for sugar output of 33.4 million metric tons in the center-south region, which accounts for 90% of the country's cane.

DJ Dry Spell In Brazil Main Cane Region May Hamper Sugar Output ...
Cmemarkets.com - Business News

Dry weather helped mills to quickly harvest and crush their cane so far this crop season, but it is likely to hurt development of the cane and sugar output, said Plinio Nastari, president of Datagro, a Sao Paulo-based consultancy ...

India - Given the sharp fall in global prices, while some mills have outright cancelled their raw sugar import orders, others have started renegotiating the deals.

Raw sugar import deals turn sour; mills cancel, renegotiate pacts
Business Standard

After a number of white sugar import deals were cancelled by traders, it is now the turn of the mills. Nearly 200000 tonnes of raw sugar import contracts ...

Costa Rica sugar exports 2009/10 detailed by destination

Exportaciones de azúcar tico endulzan mercados lejanos
La Nación Costa Rica

Las exportaciones de azúcar costarricense endulzan a países lejanos como Rusia y Sri Lanka, donde se colocó la mayor parte del excedente de la cosecha ...

USTR Announces Allocation of Second Increase to the FY 2010 Tariff-Rate Quota for Raw Cane Sugar

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today announced country-specific allocations of additional fiscal year (FY) 2010
USTR Gov

Based on consultations with quota holding countries, USTR is allocating the quantity of 272,155 MTRV to the following countries in the quantities specified below:

Brasil 57.166, Australia 32.723, República Dominicana 21.200, Guatemala 18.924 y Argentina 16.953, Perú 16.164, Panamá 11.433, El Salvador 10.251, Colombia 9.462, Sudáfrica 9.068, Nicaragua 8.279, Suazilandia 6.308, Costa Rica 5.914, Tailandia 5.520, Mozambique 5.125, Guyana y Zimbabwe 4.731, Belice, Ecuador y Jamaica 4.337, Malawi y Honduras 3.943, Bolivia e India 3.154 y San Mauricio 1.000.

These allocations are based on the countries’ historical shipments to the United States. The allocations of the raw cane sugar TRQ to countries that are net importers of sugar are conditioned on receipt of the appropriate verifications of origin, and certificates for quota eligibility must accompany imports from any country to which an allocation is provided.

*Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.

Kyrgyzstan - "This year it is planned to collect around 180-200 thousand tons of beet. Out of this raw material, local factories will produce about 25-27 thousand tons of sweet product,”

Samir Osmonaliev: Nobody is to break up sugar production in Kyrgyzstan
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“Nobody is going to break up beet sugar production in Kyrgyzstan. This year it is planned to collect around 180-200 thousand tons of beet. ...

Paraguay - Azpa to increase sugar production for local and export markets.

Azpa ampliará su producción para mercado local y exterior
La Nación.com.py

Cumpliendo 100 años en el mercado local, la empresa Azucarera Paraguaya SA se proyecta a ampliar su producción de azúcar, alcohol y los subproductos ...

Vietnam - "A supply shortfall for sugar production is possible," warned Nguyen Thanh Long, general director of the Can Tho Sugar Plant.

Shortages plague industrial sector
Viet Nam News

The harvest of the sugarcane crop is expected to begin in September but though the area under the crop has increased, output is likely to be lower due to ...

Brazil's main center-south 2010-11 sugar output reached 9 million metric tons by June 16,

DJ Brazil Main Sugar Output Seen Up 31% At 9M Tons On Year -Unica

Brazil's main center-south sugarcane harvest runs until November or December. The country is the world's No. 1 producer of sugarcane-based ethanol. ...

Fiji - Sugar forecast below 2009

Sugar forecast below 2009
Fiji Times

THE Fiji Sugar Corporation has planted an additional 3000 hectares of cane this year and expects more land will be made available for sugar production with ...

Philippines - Almost all mills have practically stopped milling as of May 30. Thus, the figures as of that date will most likely be the final figures for Crop Year 2009-2010.

Bacaoco: Production highlights as of May 30
Sunstar

Gross ton canes milled as of May 30 registered at 19.2 million mt. It dropped by more than 10 percent compared to the previous crop year but raw sugar production dropped only by more than 5 percent.

The 10 percent drop in production was compensated by the improvement in yield. From an average LKg / Ton Cane of 1.95 last crop year, the yield improved to an average of 2.05 LKg / Ton Cane as of May 30.

As of May 30, raw sugar production reached only 1.97 million metric tons which is roughly 200,000 mt short of the initial estimate at the start of the crop year. Compared to the previous crop year’s production of 2.08 million mt, the current crop year’s production decreased by 5.36 percent.

India - even an optimistic cane harvest and sugar production estimate would result in sugar production in 2010-11 trailing consumption by at least 2 mt.

Sugar production set to rebound, but price risks persist
Hindu Business Line

So, even an optimistic cane harvest and sugar production estimate based on acreage numbers would result in sugar production in 2010-11 trailing consumption ...