CI Capital expects Egypt’s sugar imports to fall As a result Egypt had to import sugar to cover the local gap Raw sugar used to capture the lion’s share in total sugar imports except in 2008 The brokerage

Farmers pack sugar cane in the southern Egyptian town of Nagaa Hamady in Qena PARIS (Reuters) – French sugar maker Cristal Union and Algerian food firm LaBelle signed a partnership to build a joint refinery in Algeria with an initial capacity of 350,000 tonnes of raw sugar per year, Cristal Union said on Monday.

A private buyer in Iran has purchased 80,000 metric tons of raw sugar from international trade house Bunge, a European trade source said Monday. LONDON (Dow Jones) The purchase, combined with Egypt’s state sugar buyer’s purchase of 90,000 tons of raw sugar at the weekend, could indicate that historically high sugar prices haven’t yet resulted in demand [...]

Fiji clamp on sugar exports Australia Network News This was after a fall in sugar production. The Fiji Sugar Corporation’s chief executive officer, Deo Saran, told the Fiji Times they are now rationing local …

India 2009-10 Sugar Output Seen At 16.8 Mln Tons – Industry … NEW DELHI, March 9 (Reuters) India’s sugar output in year to September is seen at 16.8 million tonnes due to better yields, Indian Sugar Mills Association President Vivek Saraogi said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Mayank Bhardwaj; editing by Malini Menon)

Ethiopia – Sugar shortage continues as door to door system falters Capital The government has given a priority to improve the production capacity of the three factories, including the construction of huge sugar factory at Tendaho …

DJ China Sells Fourth Batch Of Reserve Sugar At Market Price “Theoretically, the more sugar released, the lower the price should be, as it brought more supplies to the market. But the real situation was the opposite, …

Acceso a azúcar es vital para renegociar TLC con México La Nación Costa Rica La prórroga de un acuerdo que otorgaba una cuota de azúcar a Costa Rica en el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con México es vital para el país en la actual …

Brasil processará 654 mihões de toneladas de cana em 2010/11 Jornal do Comércio O Brasil processará 654 milhões de toneladas de cana-de-açúcar em 2010/2011, alta de 10,4% sobre as 594,47 milhões de toneladas moídas em 2009/2010, …

Cane acreage likely to rise 15% Virendra Singh Rawat / New Delhi/ Lucknow March 09, 2010, 0:23 IST In the backdrop of remunerative prices to sugarcane farmers during the 2009-10 crushing season, cane acreage in the country is likely to increase by 15 per cent for 2010-11.

Guatemala 2009-10 Sugar Exports To Mexico Jump To 200000 Tons … news.tradingcharts.com The surge in Guatemalan sugar shipments to Mexico comes as Mexico’s 2009-10 harvest has fallen behind the year-ago pace by more than 15%, widening the local supply shortage created by Mexico’s harvest last year that also ended sharply below expectations.

ACTUALIZA 1-Guatemala recomprará azúcar de exportación: Asazgua Reuters CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA, mar 3 (Reuters) – Productores de azúcar de Guatemala recomprarán unas 23000 toneladas del endulzante que originalmente estaban …

Kenya scraps auction of sugar import rights | Reuters NAIROBI (Reuters) Kenya has abolished the auction of sugar import licenses after the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) bloc said it …

India Sugar Mills “Pinched” by State Measures, Sell Below Cost BusinessWeek By Pratik Parija March 8 (Bloomberg) — Sugar makers in India, the world’s biggest user, are selling below cost of production as government measures to …

China Sugar imports in 2009 Exceed One Million Tons ETCN China customs statistical data showed that in 2009 China’s accumulated sugar imports reached 1,064,000 tons, worth of USD 380 million, up by 36.5 percent and 18.8 percent respectively year on year. The import average price was USD 355.5 per ton, down by 13 percent over the previous [...]

Azúcar: sube Q0.75 bolsa de 500 gramos Siglo Veintiuno (Guatemala) Un incremento de Q0.75 por la bolsa de 500 gramos se reflejará en el precio del azúcar; es decir, Q1.50 por kilogramo. En la frontera el alza será, …

Declining trend in sugar prices continues PIB Press Release Allowing duty-free import of white/refined sugar by STC /MMTC/PEC and NAFED upto 1 million tonne with effect from 17.04.2009 and opened up to other Central/State Government agencies and private trade in addition to existing designated …

DJ Large Brazilian Sugar Crop To Weigh On Prices Macquarie Brazil the world’s largest sugar producer is expected to harvest a large crop with Macquarie estimating 201011 sugar output at 37.87 million metric tons up …

Imperial Sugar Urges US to Double Import Quota as Prices Rise BusinessWeek The market will be “very tight” in 2010 because of a projected 10 percent decline in Mexican output, Sheptor said. Sugar is the only major agricultural …

Thai Sugar Output to Rebound as Plantings Increase, Miller Says BusinessWeek … crop may be 10 percent bigger at 73 million metric tons if it rains in April, said Nutthapol Asadathorn, executive director of Thai Roong Ruang Sugar …