Saturday, 28 August 2010

Kenya - Mumias Sugar produced 235,792 tonnes of sugar, two per cent higher than the previous year’s 231,014 tonnes

Mumias posts 83pc growth in earnings
The Standard Kenya

The amount of sugar processed rose 7.3 per cent to 2.3 million tonnes from 2.1 million tonnes due to higher factory availability and improved efficiency resulting from the sugar plant's repair and maintenance exercise. ...

Friday, 27 August 2010

India, may hold 5.8 million tonnes of sugar stocks at the start of the 2010/11 sugar season

TABLE-India's 2009/10 sugar output, imports, stocks
Reuters

Aug 17 (Reuters) - India, the world's top sugar consumer, may hold 5.8 million tonnes of sugar stocks at the start of the 2010/11 sugar season that begins ...

Australia - Canegrowers is at this stage maintaining a forecast for a 5 percent rise in output to 4.4 million to 4.5 million metric tons

Sugar-Cane Harvesting in Australia Delayed by Rains, Producers' Group Says
Bloomberg

Global sugar production may exceed demand by 3.2 million tons in 2010-2011 compared with a shortage of 4.9 million tons a year earlier, the International ...

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

German output of refined sugar in the new 2010/11 season is likely to fall to 3.671 million tonnes against 4.2 million tonnes - WVZ said on Tuesday.

German Sugar Industry Sees Low Output in 2010/11
FLEXNEWS

... tonnes against 4.2 million tonnes in the previous season, the German sugar industry association WVZ said on Tuesday in its first production forecast. ...

Cameroon - SOSUCAM produces 120,000 tonnes of the 150,000 tonnes of sugar that the country needs.

SOSUCAM taunts Trade Minister
The Messenger

But the meeting would have a more lasting impression is that with the operators of the sugar industry. For two reasons. First, under what ...

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Sugar output in Brazil’s Center South, may be cut by 1 million metric tons due to dry weather - Copersucar.

Brazil's Copersucar Sees Irreversible Damage Paring Nation's Sugar ...
Bloomberg

Sugar output in Brazil's Center South, the world's-largest producing region, ...

Sugar Demand in Asia remains very strong,- “Refiners will need to import around 3.5 million metric tons in the next six months, hard to get while sugar remains caught up in Brazil.” QSL

Asia May Face Supply Shortages, Queensland Sugar Says
ShipId.com

Queensland Sugar ships more than 90 percent of Australia's raw sugar exports. Cane Harvest Australia's harvest was about 25 percent to 30 percent completed ...

Russia’s raw-sugar import duty may fall to $140 a metric ton in October.

Sugar Import Duty May Fall
The Moscow Times

Russia's raw-sugar import duty may fall to $140 a metric ton in October, the Institute for Agriculture Market Studies said, citing preliminary calculations ...

Mexican consumption of HFCS, which is cheaper than sugar, nearly doubled from 653,000 tonnes in the 2008/09 cycle to 1.2 million tonnes this crop year.

ANALYSIS-Mexicans use more US corn syrup, displacing sugar
Forexyard

In the coming season, Mexican sugar production is expected to increase slightly to up to 5.1 million tonnes. This could produce a glut that will allow it to ...

Monday, 23 August 2010

SASA said the industry was still in talks with the South African government and the EU to conclude an economic partnership agreement that would allow producers to export sugar into the bloc.

SA Sugar Producers Seek Interim EU Trade Pact
Mmegi Online

Trikam said South African sugar producers need to boost their revenue and in return increase output. South Africa's 2009/10 season total sugar production ...

China Jan July Sugar Imports 714347 Tons Down 17.3% On Year

* China JanJuly Sugar Imports 714347 Tons Down 17.3% On Year
Aug 23 2010Dow Jones Commodities News Select via Comtex

China JanJuly Sugar Imports 714347 Tons Down 17.3% On Year. MORE TO FOLLOW Dow Jones Newswires ...

Nepal - The internal production of sugar is 65,000 metric tons while the country’s yearly demand is around 150,000 metric tons.

Government cuts tariff in imports of sugar
Nepal News

The government has cut down the tariff in the imports of sugar. The cabinet meeting held on Friday has decided to cut down the customs duty to one percent ...

Sunday, 22 August 2010

United States - USDA Responds to Tight U.S. Raw Sugar Market

USDA Responds to Tight U.S. Raw Sugar Market
Imperial Sugar

These actions are in response to increased tightness in the U.S. raw sugar market. This announcement does not change the level of any U.S. sugar import TRQs ...