France - Based on standardized sugar content of 16 percent, this year’s beet production would amount to 31.3 million tons, down from 35 million tons in 2009

French Sugar-Beet Production Falls on Lower Yields, Growers Say
Bloomberg

High world-market prices have caused the EU to become a less attractive market for sugar exporters, meaning the blocs imports in the 2009-2010 marketing ...

Philippines - SRA sees 2010-2011 sugar output to reach 1.96 million MT

SRA sees 2010-2011 sugar output to reach 1.96 million MT
GMANews.TV

The projected sugar production for crop year September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011 is just enough to meet the annual domestic requirement of 2 million MT. ...

In January-October Azerbaijan imported 275,930 tons of sugar

NewsAz Azerbaijan raises sugar import
News.az

The sugar import has increased by 11% over the same period of 2009. In 2009 Azerbaijan imported 306744.9 tons of sugar in the amount of $105708300 which is ...

The European Union (EU) decided to temporarily suspend the tariff on an import quota of 334,000 tonnes of sugar from Brazil

EU suspends rate on sugar from Brazil -
Portal ClippingMP

The European Union (EU) decided to temporarily suspend the tariff on an import quota of 334,000 tonnes of sugar from Brazil. ...

India - Maharashtra's sugar output in the 2010-11 season (October-September) may turn out to be about 15 lakh tonnes (lt) lower than the initial estimate of 95 lt.

The Hindu Business Line : Maharashtra sugar output may fall below initial estimate
The Hindu

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:22 AM PST Maharashtra's sugar output in the 2010-11 season (October-September) may turn out to be about 15 lakh tonnes (lt) lower than the initial estimate of 95 lt.

Algeria's Cevital plans to double to 1 million tonnes its white sugar exports before the end of next year

Algerias Cevital to double sugar exports by 2011
Reuters Africa

... 1 million tonnes its white sugar exports before the end of next year and will raise production capacity by 25 percent as it boosts business with Asia, ...

EU - Illovo Sugar "The stronger world price is making other markets more attractive than the European market at the moment."

Illovo Sugar says EU price no longer attractive
Reuters Africa

LONDON (Reuters) - The world sugar price has risen above the EU price making the European market less attractive and other markets more appealing for South ...

Sugar consumption in the customs union made up of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus will be about 6.4 million metric tons in 2011

Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan to Use 6.4 Million Tons of Sugar
Bloomberg

Better weather may result in “much bigger” yields in 2011, Bodin said, adding that sugar production may gain to 5 million tons by 2013. ...

Philippines - The government will have to import at least 300,000 tons of sugar in 2011 to ensure it keeps preferential export quotas to the United States and to maintain a buffer stock

Govt to import 300000 tons sugar in 2011 | | Latest ...
ABSCBN News

MANILA, Philippines The government will have to import at least 300000 tons of sugar in 2011 to ensure it keeps preferential export quotas to the United ...

China may have a refined sugar shortage of 2.5 million metric tons in the 2010-2011 marketing year that needs to be met by imports or selling reserves

China May Have 2.5 Million-Ton Sugar Shortage, Researcher Says
BusinessWeek

Guangxi, the region with the biggest output, usually gets frost from late December to mid-January, supporting a “bull market” and prices may climb to ...

United States - A federal judge today issued a preliminary injunction ordering the immediate destruction of 256 acres of genetically engineered sugar beet seedlings

Court Orders Uprooting of Monsanto Biotech Sugar Beets
Environment News Service

USDA lawyers argued that the seedlings were separate from the rest of the sugar beet crop cycle and had no impact by themselves, but the judge rejected this ...

Brazil - Cosan: producing sugar is more profitable than ethanol by 2012

Cosan: producing sugar is more profitable than ethanol by 2012
Economy - iG

London, 30 - The rise in sugar prices in Brazil, world's largest producer, should make the production of the commodity more advantageous than that of ethanol in the ...

India - The government will take a decision on permitting regular exports of sugar towards the end of December

Govt to take call on regular sugar exports at end of Dec
Business Standard

permitting regular exports of sugar towards the end of December, following an assessment of total production of the sweetener in the 2010-11 crop year. ...

India To Export 1.5-2M Tons Of Sugar In 2010-11 - ISMA Exec

DJ India To Export 1.5-2M Tons Of Sugar In 2010-11 - ISMA Exec
Trading Markets (press release)

Speaking at the International Sugar Organization conference in London he said he also expects production in 2011-12 to remain strong, within 5% more or less ...

Czarnikow said the sugar market was on course for a deficit of2.8m tonnes - a third consecutive season of production falling behind demand, and the seventh deficit of the last decade.

Sugar output faces third successive deficit
Agrimoney.com

Czarnikow has, blaming crop damage from poor weather, scrapped forecasts of world sugar output returning to surplus this season, and warned that the ...

Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest sugar buyer, plans to remove the duty on white sugar imports to make the sweetener bought overseas more affordable,

Indonesia May Remove Tax on White Sugar Imports Ministry Says ...
Businessweek

Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest sugar buyer, plans to remove the duty on white sugar imports to make the sweetener bought overseas more affordable, ...