Saturday, 22 January 2011

Pakistan - The report said that with much better output in the first month of the crushing season 2010-11, there is a strong hope that prospects of sugarcane were very good and net sugar output will remain between 3.9 and 4.0 million tons.

Statistics belie PSMA estimates: 3.9-4 million tons of sugar output likely
Business Recorder (press release)

ISLAMABAD (January 15, 2011) : The first monthly statistics of sugar production have contradicted the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) projections ...

United Sugar supplies the Saudi market with 70,000 to 80,000 metric tons of sugar a month. The company produces 1.3 million metric tons a year and exports the excess output to neighboring markets, al-Kulaibi said.

Savola Unit Lowers Prices of Refined Sugar in Saudi Arabia
Bloomberg

United Sugar supplies the Saudi market with 70000 to 80000 metric tons of sugar a month. The company produces 1.3 million metric tons a year and exports the ...

Mozambique - Tongaat Hulett is now predicting a production of 250-270,000 tonnes of sugar, rather than 270-290,000.

Mozambique: Sugar Production Forecast Reduced
AllAfrica.com

Maputo — Tongaat Hulett, the second largest sugar producer in South Africa, has announced a reduction in the forecast production at its two sugar mills in ...

Pakistan - “The government is expecting that the country may not need to import sugar as domestic production and earlier stock can fulfil the country’s need.

Sugar import unlikely this year
The Nation, Pakistan

The strategic reserves would help in continuous circulation of reserves in market stream since shelf life of properly sealed sugar bags kept cool and dry in ...

Thailand - Exports of sugar were down 95.6 per cent due to a decline in output and an increase in domestic demand.

December exports rise 18.8%
Bangkok Post

Exports of tapioca were down 9.2 per cent and sugar down 95.6 per cent due to a decline in output and an increase in domestic demand. ...

Azerbaijan - Sugar beet production increased by 33.6% to 65 000 tons, compared to 2009.

Azerbaijan decreases grain and potato productions
APA

Sugar beet production increased by 33.6% to 65 000 tons, compared to 2009. 953.7 thousand of potato, 1 181.1 tons of vegetable have been gathered in the ...

Thailand, the world’s second-largest sugar exporter, sold 63,333.34 metric tons to Marubeni Corp., Olam International and Sojitz Corp. at an auction today, according to state-owned Thai Cane and Sugar Corp.

Thailand Sells Raw Sugar to Marubeni, Sojitz, Olam
Bloomberg

... and Sugar Corp. Marubeni bought 41333.34 tons, with a premium in a range of 455 to 480 points more than the New York price for shipment July 1 and Sept. ...

The tax on Russia’s imports of raw sugar may be cut to $50 a metric ton in March from $140 a ton now to help efforts to control inflation, the Institute for Agriculture Market Studies said.

Russia May Reduce Raw Sugar-Imports Tax in March, IKAR Says
Bloomberg

The tax will remain at $140 a ton in February, the Customs Union Commission, which oversees the tariff, said last week. The duty was at the same level in ...

United States - Jenkins Sugar Group January WASDE Analysis

Jenkins Sugar Group January WASDE Analysis ...
Imperial Sugar

The following analysis of the December WASDE report is from Frank Jenkins of Jenkins Sugar Group. The USDA updated its US supply and demand estimate last ...

Tunisia bought 18,000 metric tons of white, or refined, sugar and 14,000 tons of raw sweetener, for arrival by March, said Fathi Rourou, a purchasing manager at the Tunisian Office for Trade.

Tunisia Buys 32000 Tons of Raw, White Sugar to Arrive by March
Bloomberg

The white sugar was bought at $875 a ton to arrive by March 15, and the raw sugar price was $767.90 for Feb. 20-28 arrival, Rourou said. ...

United States - Dec 2010 USDA Sugar Monthly Import and Re-Export Data Report

Sugar Monthly Imports Circular —
USDA

U.S. Raw Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota WTO Allocations and Entries by Month, Fiscal Year 2010 and U.S. Raw Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota (TRQ), Fiscal Year 2011 (.pdf) ...

Fiji - the FSC produced an average of 131,000 tonnes of sugar in 2010 compared to 167,000 tonnes in 2009

Decrease in 2010 Fiji sugar exports
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd

Fiji's sugar exports for 2010 is now expected to be much lower than 2009 - and there will be no fifth sugar export for the season as expected. ...

Uganda Sugar Cane Technologists Association (USCTA) said east Africa's third-largest economy produced 292,051 tonnes of raw sugar last year, 8.2 percent below the projected 318,000 tonnes forecast

Uganda's 2010 sugar output below forecast: ...
International Business Times

Uganda's 2010 sugar production rose slightly on a year earlier but fell short of forecasts, hit by technical problems at the leading producer and poor rains ...

China imported 124988 metric tons (tonnes) of sugar in December

China Dec sugar imports soar 515 pct on yr to 124988 tSnack And ...
BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua)

China imported 124988 metric tons (tonnes) of sugar in December, a jump of 515 percent over the year earlier month and...

Macedonia - White sugar import duties will reduce from 30 to 5 percent in the next nine months, the Government decided at the last session.

Macedonian Gov't reduces white sugar import duties
EMportal

"The measure was introduced upon the industry's request and corresponds to the market circumstances, ie due to the increase of sugar market prices", ...

Copersucar & Al-Ghurair to form freight company

Sugar giants unite to transport sugar
Brazil-Arab News Agency

Copersucar, the top Brazilian sugar and ethanol exporter, ... Al-Ghurair Group, which owns the world's largest sugar refinery, establish a maritime freight.