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Kenya expects its sugar production to jump by up to 19 percent this year, recovering from a drought-induced drop the previous year. It is reported by Reuters. The East African nation has an annual sugar consumption of 870 000 tonnes but production has slumped due to a high cost of production, old and inefficient sugar crushing...

Uganda’s sugar output may climb 17 percent this year to 428,000 metric tonnes with three top producers expected to boost production. It is reported by Bloomberg. The forecast is a revision from an estimate of 388 000 tonnes in January and production of 365 452 tonnes in 2017, the Uganda Sugar Manufacturers’ Association sai...

The Privatization Administration of Turkey conducted separate auctions to corporatize three sugar factories.   It is reported by Anadolu Agency. Turhal, Ilgin, and Erzurum — three factories of the Turkish Sugar Refineries Corporation (Turkseker) — were up for auction.  Kayseri...

This year’s Cuban sugar harvest will be one of the lowest in more than a century at 1,1 million to 1,3 million tonnes of raw sugar, a drop of 30 percent. It is reported by Reuters. Cuba produced 1,8 million tonnes of raw sugar in the last harvest. The milling season runs from late November through April when the weather is normally dry and temper...

In India government is unlikely to give any export subsidy to sugar mills even as it has asked mills to give priority to clear sugar arrears to farmers, which has mounted to more than Rs 18,000 crore. It is reported by The Economic Times. «At present there is no proposal by the government to give any export subsidy to sugar mills», — a food ministry official said. «Our co...

Tamil Nadu will continue to under perform in sugar output as planting acreages remain stagnant across major cane growing districts. It is reported by BusinessLine. This means the coming 2018-19 sugar season (October-September) will continue to be lacklustre though there could be a small improvement in output. It also means that...

France's farm ministry on Tuesday estimated that farmers would sow 483,000 hectares of sugar beet for the 2018 harvest, little changed from 486,000 hectares in 2017. It is reported by Reuters.   In a crop report, the total barley area was pegged at 1,85 million hectares, down from 1,91 million hectares last year. This included 502,000 hectares of spring...

Poor weather has hindered the start of sugar beet sowing in Germany, the European Union's second largest beet producer, but the sowed area is likely to be similar to last year, the head of Germany's sugar industry association WVZ said on Monday. It is reported by Reuters. «Sowings of sugar beet has started this year with a significant delay, — said association CEO Guenter Tissen, — In some regions the delay has now r...

Brazil's sugarcane industry on Thursday took aim at policies undertaken by Pakistan and India to protect local producers and boost sugar exports, arguing they could further depress global prices. It is reported by Reuters. Pakistan, whose stature as a sugar producer has been growing in recent years, in January quadrupled the volume of sugar eligible for export subsidies to 2 million tonnes...

Mexico has exported 564 892 t of sugar so far in the 2017-18 marketing year, which ends in September, an 8,3% decrease from 615 789 t exported during the same period in 2016-17. It is reported by S&P Global Platts. The country exported 156 192 t of sugar in March, a 48,7% increase compared with 105 061 t exported during the year-ago report. Exports have reached 32,7% o...