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China's sugar supply deficit in the 2018/19 season will fall by 12% — to 1,47 million tonnes from the previous season, as farmers are expected to boost output due to higher prices in the main growing areas. It is reported by Reuters. Issuing its first estimates for the 2018/19 season, the government said it expects output to increase 4,2% — to 10,68 million tonnes from 2017/18 estimated levels....

Zimbabwe is this year expected to produce nearly 600 000 tonnes of sugar on the back of a boom in cane deliveries from outgrower farmers who benefited from the land reform programme and improved irrigation water supply. It is reported by The Herald. Last year, the country produced about 490 000 tonnes of sugar. The anticipated jump in sugar output comes as the 2017/ 2018 milling season has already started, with th...

Egypt’s strategic reserves of sugar are at 750,000 tonnes, Supply Minister Ali Moselhy said on Monday. It is reported by Business Recorder. Egypt expects to produce about 2,3 million tonnes of sugar this year and consumes about 3 million tonnes, filling the gap with imports.

Severe droughts in the southern Honduran provinces of Choluteca and Valle are an annual problem for sugarcane growers and other farmers, a situation exacerbated by poor water management. It is reported by EFE. «The lack of water, or drought, in the south is quite a big barrier to productivity. Water for sugarcane (crops) is needed most in April and May, and that's exactly...

Tanzania has lifted a ban on importation of sugar with a view to curbing scarcity, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa announced Thursday. It is reported by Xinhuanet. The Tanzanian premier made the statement during the parliamentary session in the country's capital Dodoma when reacting to a question over the government's plan...

The Belarusian state food industry concern «Belgospischeprom» plans to launch sugar supplies to China in 2018. Chairman of «Belgospischeprom» Oleksander Zabello tells about it, as BELTA reports. «China produces less sugar than it consumes. The country imports millions of tonnes of sugar. T...

Indian cabinet approved a proposal to give subsidies to cane farmers for produce they sell to sugar mills, a government source said, as part of efforts to help growers and companies struggling with a glut. It is reported by Reuters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration decided to give 55 rupees ($0.82) for every tonne of cane sold to the mills. As a drop in local sugar prices to their...

Sugar merchant Alvean said on Friday it has signed a long-term raw sugar sales contract with Dubai's Al Khaleej Sugar, owner and operator of the world's largest sugar refinery. It is reported by Reuters. Al Khaleej has had a long-term relationship with one of Alvean's shareholders, Copersucar, for nearly two decades. «The relationship, now lying with Alvean,...

Brazil's center-south, the world's largest sugar producing region, sped up harvesting in the first half of April, crushing a quarter more cane than in the same period a year earlier, industry group Unica said on Wednesday. It is reported by Reuters. Mills crushed 22,21 million tonnes of cane in the first two weeks of April versus 17,7 million tonnes a year earlier, allocating 68,5 percent of that cane to ethanol prod...

After a several-month break Agara Sugar factory will resume operation from June 1, announces the office of Georgia’s business ombudsman and Agara Sugar company. It is reported by «Sputnik Georgia». All employees of the factory will return to their jobs. The Georgian government and the founders of Agara Sugar company negotiated with the...