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American sugar producers are seeking to curb imports from Mexico after the US said it would examine whether some shipments from the Latin American nation breached trade deal rules. It is reported by Huron Daily Tribune. The American Sugar Coalition wants the government to lower the amount of sugar Mexico is allowed to send to the US by 44%, according to a March 12 letter sent...

Sugar production till March 15 this season (which started on October 1, 2023) is 28,079 mln tonnes, just about 200,000 tonnes less than during the same period last season. It is reported by The Hindu. According to the Indian Sugar and Bio Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA), the initial production projection of 33,05 mln tonnes for the current sugar year is revis...

India's net sugar production fell marginally to 28,079 million tonnes till March 15 of the current marketing year that started in October 2023, according to trade data released on Monday. Sugar marketing year runs from October to September. It is reported by The Economic Times. «Sugar production till 15th March 2024 in the current 2023-24 season reached 28,079 million tonnes, against 28,260 million tonnes produced last year...

Egypt plans to produce about 140,000 tonnes of sugar during the ongoing season of local sugar beet supply, aiming to put an end to the long-standing sugar crisis affecting the country. It is reported by egypttoday. The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade announced on Saturday that it has commenced the reception of sugar beet crops from farmers at the Abu Qurqas sugar facto...

The area planted with sugar beet in the European Union could rise by just 2-3% next season despite high sugar prices, the chief executive of France's largest sugar producer Tereos said at a conference in Dubai on Thursday. It is reported by Nasdaq. Olivier Leducq stressed that the relatively small rise in light of high sugar and sugar beet prices reflected high costs, farmer concerns about a fall in yields due to adv...

Brazil cane mills will boost their sugar production capacity as much as 10% in the new season from April to take advantage of relatively high sugar prices and as increasing supplies of corn make the grain a cheap feedstock for ethanol output. It is reported by Reuters. Brazil is the world's largest sugar producer. It accounted for nearly 50% of global sugar trade last year as unfavorable weather due to the El Nino climate pattern re...

Brazilian mills in the main sugar region of Centre-South (CS) are projected to produce 4.8% less sugar in the new season that starts in April, compared with the previous crop, consultancy Datagro said in a presentation on Wednesday. It is reported by Reuters. Datagro projected Brazil's 2024/25 sugar output at 40.45 million metric tons versus 42.50 million tons in 2023/24, saying that drier-than-normal weathe...

In 2024/2025 season, in India's key producing states, the planted area under sugar cane will decrease. Sugar cane planting in the western Indian state of Maharashtra and southern Karnataka is expected to fall for the 2024/25 season starting from Oct.1, a leading industry body said on Wednesday at a sug...

French sugar maker Cristal Union will take a 10% stake in TotalEnergies's (TTEF.PA), opens new tab biogas unit BioNorrois due to be launched later this year, which will use sugar beet residue from one of Cristal Union's factories, the companies said. It is reported by Reuters. Under the deal, Cristal Union, France's second-largest sugar maker, will supply beet pulp for 15 years to feed the biogas plant, which constitutes more than half of t...

The government yesterday sanctioned a definitive sugar cane price for the 2022/2023 season at 1,197 baht (US$33) per tonne, marking a substantial increase of 117 baht from the preliminary price of 1,080 baht per tonne. In parallel, the initial price for the 2023/2024 season was ratified by the cabinet, standing at 1,420 baht per tonne. It is reported by thethaiger.com. Government spokesperson, Chai Wacharonke, indicated that the final prices applied to sugar cane demonstrating a commercial cane sugar (CCS) sweetness level of...