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Philippines’ sugar production continued to rise in the first week of December, rising by 13.17%. It is reported by philstar. Data from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) showed that raw sugar production reached 461,486 metric tons (MT) as of December,  up from 407,770 MT in th...

A World Trade Organization panel ruled that India violated international trade rules when it offered excessive subsidies for the production and export of sugar and sugarcane. It is reported by Reuters. India’s policies were inconsistent with WTO rules that govern the levels at which nations can subsidize domestic agricultural production, according to a decisi...

Sugar production in the second half of November in Brazil's key Center-South region is expected to total 142,000 tonnes, a 67% drop from the same time a year ago. It is reported by S&P Global Platts. Reduced sugar production can be mostly attributed to the second consecutive year of below-average rainfall in the region, as well as frost and a lack o...

China's agriculture ministry cut estimates for 2021/22 sugar beets output, based on the newly released statistics data, the ministry said on Thursday. It is reported by Reuters. China cut estimate for 2021/22 sugar beet planting acreage and output, after cold snaps hit the crop in Xinjiang region, while some farmers in Inner Mongolia region chose...

Indian sugar mills have accelerated cane crushing and have produced 4,72 million tonnes of sugar, nearly 10% more than a year ago, in the first two months of 2021/22 marketing year, a trade body said on Thursday. It is reported by Reuters. India is the world's second-biggest sugar producer and the higher output could weigh on global prices. Sugar mills have so far contracted to export 3.5 million ton...

Sugar beet sowings could fall for a fifth consecutive year in 2022 despite a rise in sugar prices as farmers are attracted by even better returns in other crops and deterred by damages to previous harvests, growers group CGB said on Wednesday. It is reported by Successful Farming. The area planted with sugar beet in France, the European Union's largest grower, had risen sharply before the end of the European Union sugar quota regime...

The world's sugar supply balance is expected to deteriorate in the 2021/22 season that started in October due to higher use of sugarcane to ethanol production in India and lower production in Brazil, broker StoneX said on Tuesday. It is reported by Reuters. The season will see demand surpassing production for the third consecutive year, StoneX said, projecting a supply deficit of 1.8 million tonnes, 1 million tonnes more tha...

Sugar production in Brazil’s Center-South region fell 49.7% on the year to 626,000 mt in the first half of November, data from Brazilian sugarcane industry group UNICA showed Nov. 24. It is reported by hellenicshippingnews. The figure was 168,400 mt higher than the consensus expectations of 457,600 mt from 10 analysts that S&P Global Platts surveyed Nov. 22. Mills in...