Friday, 4 February 2011

Thailand's sugar production is forecast at 7 million tonnes this year, up from 6.3 million in 2010 thanks to good rains in last year's second half

Extended shortage of sugar anticipated
Bangkok Post

Thailand's sugar production is forecast at 7 million tonnes this year, up from 6.3 million in 2010 thanks to good rains in last year's second half. ...

Traders told Reuters that the Cuban sugar industry has no plans to import sugar nor export more than the approximately 400,000 tonnes it sends each year to China and minor amounts it sells elsewhere.

Cuba says sugar harvest off to good start
Reuters

Traders told Reuters that the Cuban sugar industry has no plans to import sugar nor export more than the approximately 400000 tonnes it sends each year to ...

Thursday, 3 February 2011

Pakisan has spent $716 million on the import of 1.1 million tons of sugar during the last 14 months.

$714 million spent on import of 1.1 million tons of sugar: TCP ...
BlackSeaGrainNet

Sugar import task was given to the TCP, which started its import process in last week of December 2009 by issuing first tender of 150000 tons, ...

Australia’s raw-sugar production next season may be about the same level as last year’s 3.6 million tons, Luke Mathews a commodity strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, said by phone from Sydney today.

Sugar Falls After Tropical Cyclone Yasi Crosses Growing Areas in Australia
Bloomberg

Australia's estimated raw sugar production may be cut by 500000 metric tons because of the cyclone, Rabobank commodity analyst Wayne Gordon said on ...

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Brazil exported 895,400 mts raw sugar and 400,500 mts white sugar in Jan 2011, 34 % down on Dec 2010 and 27 % down on Jan 2010.

Revenues from exports of sugar fell 29% in January
Grand Prix

Sao Paulo 1 - The revenue from sugar exports in January 2011 was $ 727.6 million, according to data released by the Ministry of...

Mexico's 2010-11 sugar output through Jan. 29 was 1.82 million tons, up 25% from the amount of sugar produced during the same period last year

DJ Mexico's 20102011 Sugar Production 1.82M Tons To Jan 29
Tradingcharts

Sugar production during the first 14 weeks of the current harvest was also 9% higher than the expected amount of 1.68 million tons ...

Fiji - FSC chief executive officer, Abdul Khan said they have companies like FMF, Punjas, Coca Cola among others that import refined sugar and they are calling for expressions of interests from companies to refine sugar

FSC interested in supplying refined sugar locally
Fijivillage

FSC chief executive officer, Abdul Khan said they have companies like FMF, Punjas, Coca Cola among others that import refined sugar and they are calling for ...

Tuesday, 1 February 2011

India - The government may not consider export of sugar under open general licence (OGL) in the medium term.

No sugar export under OGL in medium term
Business Standard

Industry sources are optimistic that the global market will continue to see huge demand for sugar following floods in major sugar-producing markets like ...

Algeria - Dahmani refinery operational by 2012

ELLE PRODUIRA 350.000 TONNES DE SUCRE PAR AN
L'Expression

Fruit d'un partenariat entre la géant français Cristal Union et le groupe agroalimentaire privé algérien, La Belle, la nouvelle raffinerie de sucre ...

Fiji - Total sugar production for 2010 stood at 133,105 tons compared to 168,000 tons in 2009. On the export side 110, 730 tons of sugar was exported to London – falling from the 152,906 the previous year.

Fiji sugar 2010 figures released
>Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd

Total sugar production for 2010 stood at 133105 tons compared to 168000 tons in 2009, a decrease of 34895 tons. On the export side 110, 730 tons of sugar ...

Pakistan - According to the MoI&P, sugar production in 2010-11 has been estimated at 3.47 million tons whereas PSMA is projecting 3.8 million tons against consumption estimates of 4.2 million tons.

Agriculture and Allied Pakistan MoI&P PSMA differ on sugar ...
Business Standard

According to the MoI&P, sugar production in 2010-11 has been estimated at 3.47 million tons whereas PSMA is projecting 3.8 million tons against consumption ...

Czarnikow said that its initial forecast was for a "small" surplus in sugar output in 2011-12, after three seasons of deficit totalling 30m tonnes.

Sugar market could face fourth season in deficit
Agrimoney.com

With demand for sugar growing at 2% a year, "if weather volatility results in a 2% shortfall in our production forecasts, then the balance sheet will at ...

India - UP has cut its sugar output forecast to 6.0 million tonnes in the new season, 3.3 percent lower than a previous estimate

Key Indian state cuts 2010/11 sugar output forecast
Reuters

... cut its sugar output forecast to 6.0 million tonnes in the new season, 3.3 percent lower than a previous estimate, government sources said on Monday. ...

The Russian Federation intends to import 100 thousand tons of Ukrainian sugar. This was stated by UkrSugar CEO Mykola Yarchuk.

Ukraine can export to Russia 100 thousand tons of sugar
UkrAgroConsult

Specialists of investment firm Phoenix Capital believe that the exports to Russia of 100 thousand tons of sugar may trigger growth in prices for this ...

Monday, 31 January 2011

EAC Secretary General Ambassador Juma Mwapachu revealed that the region is faced with a shortage of sugar to satisfy the local market that requires over 400,000 metric tons.

Region in sugar shortfall
East African Business Week

Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) permits the sugar trade to follow normal supply and demand pressures. Recently, there has been a steady increase in the ...

China produced 5.65 million metric tons of sugar in the first four months of the 2010-11 crushing season, down about 8% from a year earlier

DJ China Oct-Jan Sugar Output Down 8% At 5.65 Milion Tons--Association
TMCnet

... China sold 2.72 million tons of sugar, down 8% on year, the network said in a report, citing figures from the China Sugar Industry Association. ...

India - Pune sugar production would be around 90 lakh tonne. It was 70 lakh tonne in the previous crushing season.

Sugar production in state touches 37-lakh tonne
Times of India

The union government has decided to export sugar, to offload some excess sugar stock. In the first phase of export, factories from Maharashtra can jointly ...

Ukraine produced 1.545 million mt of sugar , imported 80,000 tons of refined sugar from Belarus and made another 240,000 tons from raw sugar imports

Ukraine Has 'Sufficient' Sugar Supplies, Group Says
Bloomberg

The country also imported 80000 tons of refined sugar from Belarus and made another 240000 tons from raw sugar imports, Yarchuk said....