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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...

Indonesia may need to import 1,1 million tonnes of raw sugar for household consumption in 2018 to avoid shortages, said Musdalifah Machmud, an official at the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs. It is reported by Reuters. In 2018, Indonesia's white sugar output is estimated to reach 2,2 million tonnes, while household white sugar consumption is expected at 2,9 million tonnes. There...

FAS Cairo forecasts refined sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 to increase by approximately five percent or 115,000 tonnes to reach 2,44 million tonnes, as compared to the MY 2017/18 estimate of 2,32 mln tonnes. It is reported by Reuters. Of this total forecast, 1,34 mln tonnes of sugar will be derived from sugar beet, while 1,1 mln tonnes will be sourced from sugarcane. Increase in pro...

A damp, cold start to spring is holding up sugar beet planting in the European Union, raising an early question mark over harvest prospects after last year’s bumper crop. It is reported by Reuters. EU sugar beet production surged last year after farmers increased the planted area ahead of the ending of the bloc’s sugar quota system, and as favourable weather b...

The Fiji Sugar Corporation is expecting an increase in crops for the upcoming crop season. It is reported by Fijivillage. Speaking at a press conference after the FSC’s Board Meeting, CEO Graham Clarke said they also see sugar production to be in excess of 200,000 tonnes compared t...

Iranian state purchasing agency the Government Trading Corporation of Iran (GTC) has issued a new international tender to buy 60,000 tonnes of raw sugar, European traders said. It is reported by Reuters. The tender closes on April 17. Shipment is sought in June. The GTC reserves the right to purchase 10 percent more or less than the tender volume.

Brazil’s Copersucar, the world’s largest sugar merchant, expects sugar output to fall by 5 million tonnes in the new center-south cane crop that starts in April, as mills earmark more cane to ethanol production instead. It is reported by Reuters. Copersucar, who partners with Cargill Inc in the world’s largest sugar trader Alvean, said mills in center-south should allocate only 41,5 percent of cane to sugar...