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A few months ago, sugarcane mills and producers were uncertain about the impact of last year’s drought and wildfires on the 2025/26 harvest, which officially begins in April. Now, concern is mounting. The lack of rainfall in February and early March across much of the Center-South’s sugarcane-producing regions has exacerbated problems for crops already struggling due to the 2024 drough...

Indian mills have contracts to export 600,000 tonnes of sugar in the 2024/25 marketing year ending in September, but are reluctant to sign further export deals as local prices have increased, five industry officials told Reuters. The slower pace of shipments from India, the world's second biggest sugar producer, will support global prices, which are trading near their lowest level in three years. After halting expo...

The Brazilian government has put the expansion of its sugar export quota to the U.S. on the negotiating table. A long-standing demand from the local sugar industry — Brazil is the world’s largest producer — the issue has gained momentum in Brasília as a potential bargaining tool in response to pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to lower Brazil’s 18% tarif...

India's sugar output for the 2024/25 marketing year, ending in September is projected to fall below consumption for the first time in eight years because of reduced sugarcane supplies in key states, a trade body said on Tuesday. It is reported by Reuters. The country is expected to produce 25.8 million tonnes of sugar, down 19.1% from the previous year, while consumption is estimated at 29 million tonnes, the All India Sug...

India's sugar industry is witnessing a notable decline in production for the ongoing sugar season year 2025 (SSY25), with overall output expected to fall below 27 million tonnes, a sharp drop from 31.8 million tonnes last year, according to a report by Centrum. It is reported by zeebiz. As of February 15, 2025, sugar production stands at 19.77 MMT, reflecting a 12 per cent decline compared to the same period in the previous season. This downturn is m...

Thailand is eyeing a surge in sugar production as dropping cassava prices lead farmers to favor sugar cane. The shift could see sugar output reaching a seven-year peak in the 2025/26 season. It is reported by finimize. Thailand, the world’s second-largest sugar exporter, is set to ramp up its production as farmers pivot away from cassava. With cassava prices tumbling 37%, ma...

France's second-largest sugar maker Cristal Union said it has produced 1.5 million tonnes of sugar in 2024/25, up from 1.3 million tonnes last season, mainly due to a rise in the area harvested by its cooperative members. It is reported by esmmagazine. Total ethanol and alcohol output in 2024/25 rose to 2 million hectolitres, it said, up from more than 1.6 million hectolitres in 2023/24. The increase was due...

India has exported up to 500,000 tonnes of sugar so far this season, but the pace is already slowing, and it may struggle to fulfil the one million tonnes allowed by the government, trade and industry sources said on Wednesday. It is reported by Reuters. «There are fears that the one million (ton) quota could actually be reduced», — Prakash Naiknavare, managing director of the National Federation of...

Indonesia plans to import around 200,000 tonnes of raw sugar to top up government's food reserve as white sugar prices have climbed in the domestic market ahead of Ramadan, the National Food Agency said on Thursday. It is reported by Reuters. The government has estimated domestic white sugar output at 2.6 million tons this year and demand at 2.84 million tons. Indonesia had white sugar stocks of 842,000 tons i...