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World sugar supplies are expected to tighten as production declines in 2019-20, but large stocks and indications of declining demand growth may limit recovery in a market battered by low prices, said Jose Orive, executive director of the International Sugar Organization. It is reported by BakingBusiness. «World sugar prices have hit bottom, and signs are pointing to a recovery», — Mr. Orive said Aug. 5 on a panel at the 36th annual International S...

In 2019/2020 MY, ex-factory prices for sugar will increase by 18% — up to 13 thousand UAH per tonn due to the sugar output decline. According to «Ukrsugar» Association forecast for 2019/2020 MY, sugar production will amount to 1,1-1,2 million tonnes, which is more than a third less than the previous crop...

With yields plunging, sugar beet growers in United Kingdom may discontinue growing crop in wake of neonicotinoid insecticide ban. It is reported by geneticliteracyproject. Sugar beet is a crop that has always demanded close attention to grow well, but Norfolk grower Mark Means has taken that meaning to a whole new level....

Analyst Green Pool has raised its forecast for an anticipated global sugar deficit in the 2019/20 season to 3,67 million tonnes from a previous projection of 1,62 million tonnes. It is reported by Reuters. The Australia-based analyst said on Friday that the main changes to its balance sheet were reductions in crop forecasts for Centre-South Brazil and India. Sugar produc...

In the first half of 2019, agri-industrial holding «Astarta-Kyiv» reduced sugar sales by 17% or 31,23 thousand tonnes. It is reported on the website of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Sugar sales decreased from 184,58 thousand tonnes in the first half of 2018 to 153,35 thousand tonnes in the first half of 2019. It is no...

Canal Sugar, owned by Dubai-based Al Khaleej Sugar Refinery, plans to complete a beet sugar factory - designed to be the world’s biggest - in Egypt’s west Minya in October 2020. It is reported by Reuters. The UAE’s Al Khaleej Sugar Refinery is the world’s largest port-based sugar refinery. Production at half capacity is expected to begin in 2021 and reach fu...

Farmers who own shares in Australia’s Mackay Sugar have voted to accept a takeover offer from Germany’s Nordzucker, helping secure the company’s future against a backdrop of depressed world sugar prices. It is reported by Reuters. The offer was approved by a 75% majority of Mackay’s shareholders, they said in a statement on Monday. Unlisted Nordzucker, Germany’s second-largest sugar...

Monsoon rains were 35% below average in the week ending on Wednesday, with little rainfall over the central, western and northern parts of the country, the weather office said, raising concerns over the output of summer-sown crops. It is reported by Business Standard. Monsoon rains are crucial for farm output and economic growth as about 55% of India's arable land is rain-supplied and agriculture forms about 15% of a $2.5...

India will build a buffer stock of 4 million tonnes of sugar in an attempt to cut a surplus of the sweetener and support local prices that are under pressure due to record production, the government said in a statement on Wednesday. It is reported by Reuters. The world’s second biggest sugar producer will spend 16,74 billion rupees ($242,68 million) on buffer stocks in the year starting Aug. 1, it said. India had a bu...

Egyptian Agriculture Minister Ezzeldin Abusteit said on Monday that the sugar crop production in Egypt this season amounted to about 2,48 million tonnes, marking an increase of about 320,000 tonnes compared to the previous year. It is reportyed by Egypt Independent. Abusteit said in a statement that this season marks a record amount for Egypt. The national production was recorded at 2,16 million tonnes the previous year....