Friday, 8 April 2011

France - Sugar output per hectare (2.47 acres) of beets may rise 5 percent to 6 percent from 13.1 metric tons last year, based on planting dates, Nicole Bouveris, an agronomist at the Paris- based researcher, said in a phone interview today.

French Sugar Yields May Rise on Early Planting, Researcher Says
Bloomberg

By Rudy Ruitenberg - Fri Apr 08 16:10:46 GMT 2011 Sugar beet yields in France, the world's biggest grower of the root, may rise this year as an early start to planting gives the crop more time to develop, researcher Institut Technique de la Betterave ...

Fiji - FSC Executive Chairman Abdul Khan says the crop estimate for this year’s season is around 190,000 tonnes of sugar.

FSC expects good crushing season
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd

The 2011 crushing season is expected to improve significantly compared to the past two seasons says the Fiji Sugar Corporation. FSC Executive Chairman Abdul Khan says the crop estimate for this year's season is expected to be more than 2.1 million ...

Brazil - The opening of the 2011/2012 national crop cane sugar will be held on April 14, the ceremony also marks the beginning of the agro-industrial operations in the bioenergy sector. The event will be at ETH - Unit Santa Luzia, 10:30 GMT.

Opening the season 2011/2012 will be national in MS
Capital News

The opening of the 2011/2012 national crop cane sugar will be held on April 14, the ceremony also marks the beginning of the agro-industrial operations in the bioenergy sector. The event will be at ETH - Unit Santa Luzia, 10:30 GMT. ...

Russia’s raw-sugar imports rose 15 percent from October through March - 805,000 metric tons up from 703,000 the year before.

Russia's Raw-Sugar Imports Rose 15%, Agriculture Institute Says
Bloomberg

By Marina Sysoyeva - Thu Apr 07 11:42:58 GMT 2011 Russia's raw-sugar imports rose 15 percent from October through March from a year earlier, according to ...

India - The Agriculture Ministry raised its estimate of the country's 2010/11 sugarcane output a little further to 340.54 mln tonnes in its third advance estimate of the current crop, up from 336.698 mln in its second estimate in February and compared with 324.91 mln in the first projection last September.

India's AgMin raises 2010/11 sugarcane output estimate further
AgraNet

The Agriculture Ministry raised its estimate of the country's 2010/11 sugarcane output a little further to 340.54 mln tonnes in its third advance estimate of the current crop, up from 336.698 mln in its second estimate in February and compared with ...

Ukraine - The government has instructed the State Reserve Agency to purchase 140,000 tons of sugar in the third and fourth quarters 2011. This is stated in a decree of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Ukraine. State Reserve Agency to purchase 140000 tons of sugar
UkrAgroConsult

It was reported that Ukraine, one of Europe's major beet sugar producers, in 2011 intends to increase sugar production to 2.1 million tons after 1.5 million in 2010, following the anticipated substantial increase in acreage.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Kenya produced 48,895 tonnes of sugar, white value, in November 2010, down slightly from 50,138 in the same month last year, Kenya Sugar Board data show.

Sugar production in Kenya down 6.4% in Jan/Nov 2010
AgraNet

Kenya produced 48895 tonnes of sugar, white value, in November 2010, down slightly from 50138 in the same month last year, Kenya Sugar Board data show. That brought total output in the first eleven months of 2010 to 467800 tonnes, down 6.4% from 499856 ...

Cuba - The December-April harvest is nearly complete and should be slightly above forecasts, Sugar Ministry expert Osiris Quintero said. He did not give an exact figure but said it would be in the ballpark of the 1.1 million tons produced in 2010.

Cuba reports sugar production to be akin to 2010
The Associated Press

More than 60 such machines have been deployed as part of an effert to update and streamline the chain of production, he said. Quintero also said Cuba is open to foreign investment in the sugar industry, but he did not say from where or give other ...

Brazil wants to increase regulation of the domestic ethanol market to ensure output, a senior government official said on Wednesday, signaling a move that could have major implications for global sugar supplies.

Brazil wants greater regulation of sugar, ethanol
Reuters

World sugar prices are 25 percent off 30-year highs set in February and Brazilian cane mills have been pushing production of the sweetener close to capacity and at the expense of ethanol production. "Mills' plan for the new crop is to maximize sugar ...

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

As much as 200,000 metric tons of raw sugar are being shipped to the Black Sea region from Thailand, a “very rare” move, according to Swiss Sugar Brokers. About 90,000 tons of Thai sugar will be delivered to Russia in April, including 66,000 tons to the Black Sea ports, said Yevgeny Ivanov, an analyst at the institute also known as IKAR.

Russia's Black Sea Imports Thai Sugar for First Time in 8 Years
Bloomberg

By Isis Almeida and Maria Kolesnikova - Wed Apr 06 13:16:43 GMT 2011 Russia's Black Sea ports are importing raw sugar from Thailand, the world's second largest exporter of the sweetener, for the first time in eight years in order to save money, ...

Thai sugar production in 2010/11 as of April 4 reached 8.535 mln tonnes, raw value, up by 20% year-on-year (7.120 mln) and also half a million tonnes above the previous record of 8.074 mln achieved in 2007/08.

Thai sugar crop hits all-time high
AgraNet

Thai sugar production in 2010/11 as of April 4 reached 8.535 mln tonnes, raw value, up by 20% year-on-year (7.120 mln) and also half a million tonnes above the previous record of 8.074 mln achieved in 2007/08. Moreover, with daily production rates of over 60,000 tonnes of sugar, the crop shows continuing strength. By April 4 the total cane crush had already reached 80.1 mln tonnes compared with 68.2 mln last season. Of the total sugar production 2.884 mln tonnes were whites (2.929 mln). Molasses production also reached an all-time high of 3.4 mln tonnes compared with 2.9 mln last year and the 2007/08 record of 3.3 mln

Tuesday, 5 April 2011

Sugar Australia, which is owned by Sucrogen and Mackay Sugar Limited, is importing raw sugar to boost stores at its Racecourse refinery, which supplies the industrial and consumer sugar market and markets the CSR Sugar brand.

Mackay imports sugar from Thailand
Mackay Daily Mercury

IT'S like selling ice to the Eskimos: about 40000 tonnes of Thai sugar is being shipped into Mackay to top up dwindling reserves after a disastrous, waterlogged harvest. Sugar Australia, which is owned by Sucrogen and Mackay Sugar Limited, is importing ...

Ethiopia - Since July 2010, the Ethiopian Sugar Development Agency (ESDA) has imported 91,000 mts of sugar until the end of the past year. The country’s sugar demand is estimated to be about 450,000 mts. Three local industries produce 310,000 mts and the balance is imported.

Sugar goes for unions
Capital Ethiopia News

The country's sugar demand is estimated to be about 4.5 million quintals. Three local industries produce 3.1 million quintals and the balance is imported. ...

Mexico adjusted upward its estimate of sugar production for 2010/11 cycle to 5.30 million tonnes from 5.25 million tons earlier, according to an official of a national committee of sugar.

ACTUALIZA1-México sube estimado producción azúcar a 5.30 mln ton
Reuters México

MEXICO DF, abr 5 (Reuters) - México ajustó al alza su estimado de producción de azúcar para el ciclo 2010/11 a 5.30 millones de toneladas desde 5.25 millones de toneladas previo, según un documento oficial de un comité nacional de azúcar. ...

Monday, 4 April 2011

India - A normal monsoon is likely to bring cheers to over 235 million farmers as it will help in sowing of rice, sugarcane, soyabean and corn and lead to high agricultural output.

Normal monsoon likely this year
Hindu Business Line

A normal monsoon is likely to bring cheers to over 235 million farmers as it will help in sowing of rice, sugarcane, soyabean and corn and lead to high agricultural output. Last year, the country saw a normal monsoon with 413 of the 597 meteorological ...

Sunday, 3 April 2011

Zambia - "The company will produce 200,000 tonnes of sugar and 28 million litres of bio-ethanol per year," Lungu said. "Production is expected to start by 2013 and we expect that the project will create around 4,000 jobs."

S.Africa firm to build $251m Zambia sugar plant
Reuters Africa

Lungu said the South African firm would cultivate about 15000 hectares of cane sugar and support about 3000 hectares of plantations by out-growers. Once completed, it will increase Zambian sugar production by 50 percent. (Reporting By Chris Mfula, ...