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German sugar producer Suedzucker (SZUG.DE) plans "significant" price hikes to offset rising costs and prepares to shift to coal as Russian gas supplies to Western Europe slow in the wake of the Ukraine war, the Mannheimer Morgen newspaper reported. It is reported by Reuters. «The costs of beet cultivation and energy are rising, and these are two significant blocks of production», — Chief Executive Niels Poerksen said in an i...

Sugar production in the key Center-South Brazil region is expected to total 2.4 million mt in the first half of June, reflecting an increase of 7.7% on the year, an S&P Global Commodity Insights survey of 12 analysts showed June 23. It is reported by S&P Global Platts. During the survey, the cane crush estimate ranged from 39.4 million mt to 45 million mt. The average estimate was for a total cane crush of 42.2 millio...

India could start sugar's new marketing year on Oct. 1 with carry forward stocks of 6.2 million tonnes even after exporting a record 10 million tonnes, the top official at the food ministry said on Wednesday. It is reported by Reuters. On Tuesday India imposed restrictions on sugar exports for the first time in six years by capping this season's exports at 10 million tonnes. New Delhi had decided...

Egypt has sugar reserves sufficient for more than six months. It is reported by zawya. Mostafa Abdel Gawad, head of the Sugar Crops Council, said that the expected production of sugar during 2022 will be at 2.8 million tonnes, down from 3 million tonnes...

As the crop year is set to end in a few months, the country’s sugar output remains on the downtrend due to unfavorable weather conditions coupled with the damages caused by a typhoon late last year, according to the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA). It is reported by philstar. In a circular letter addressed to various sugar industry groups, SRA Administrator Hermenegildo Serafica said the country’s sugar production reached only 1.8...

Cuba, once legendary for its sugar cane, produced only about half the sugar it had hoped to this season, and authorities acknowledged that while they will cover internal demand they will not be able to meet their international commitments. It is reported by AP News. «It’s not a secret, the sector is in crisis, — Dionis Pérez, director of communication at Azcuba, the government agency that regulates sugar prod...

French sugar and ethanol maker Cristal Union promised farmers high prices for their 2023 sugar beet harvest in a bid to secure suppliepass on the rise in price and costs to our consumers, Cristal Union Director General Xavier Astolfi said in an interview following a news conference to discuss its results. It is reported by Successful Farming. Astolfi provided an objective to pay 40 euros per tonne of sugar beet for the 2023 harvest, up from 29.37 euros in 2021 and 35 euros promised for the 2022 crop...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday slashed its projection of sugar stocks-to-use ratio, a key supply level indicator, to 7.6% for the 2022/23 season from 10.1% seen in May as estimates for sugar production in the United States fell. It is reported by hellenicshippingnews. That means that the amount of sugar that will be available in the United States at the end of the 2022/23 (Oct-Sept) season would only be enough for 7.6...

France's second-largest sugar maker Cristal Union on Monday posted a net profit of 97 million euros ($102 million) in the 2021/22 financial year, up from 69 million euros a year earlier. It is reported by Reuters. Its turnover was up 6.4% at 1.8 billion euros in the year to Jan. 31, while adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose to 206 mil...

Sugar production in Thailand for 2022/23 (2023) is forecast to rise slightly to 10.5 million tonnes compared to 2022. It is reported by USDA in its May report. On average over the last 10 years Thailand has been the fourth largest sugar producer behind Brazil, India, and the European Union and slightly above...