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France cuts sugar beet crop forecast further after drought. It is reported by Nasdaq. France's farm ministry on Tuesday trimmed its forecast for the country's 2022 sugar beet production. Expected production of sugar beet was lowered to 32.92 mill...

The Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, Aly al-Moselhy, assured on Monday that Egypt has a reserve of sugar sufficient enough for almost six months. It is reported by Egypt Independent. He added that Egypt has a reserve of 5.6 months of sugar, and the new production of sugar from sugar cane will start in January and from beets in February,...

Sugar production in Uttar Pradesh is likely to drop due to heavy rainfall in the region resulting in a delay in the crushing season as well as damage to crops due to water logging in the fields, as per the industry officials and experts. It is reported by ChiniMandi. An industrial official said: «Sugar production in the state was projected to be 12.05 million tonnes (mt) in the current season including quantity to be div...

France has released strategic fuel reserves for sugar producers after they warned that a lack of diesel impacting the harvesting of sugar beet could lead to factory stoppages, producer group SNFS said on Monday. It is reported by Reuters. Strikes over wages at TotalEnergies and Exxon Mobil refineries have disrupted refining and delivery, leaving a third of French fuel stations running short. The French gov...

According to the new forecast of WVZ,  in 2022/2023 MY in Germany sugar production will decrease by 11%. It is reported by Nasdaq. from beets in the new 2022/23 season now starting is forecast to fall to about 4.05 million tonnes from 4.57 million tonnes last season, Germany's sugar industry assoc...

India's sugar exports rose 57% — to 10,98 mln tonnes during 2021-22 marketing year ended September. It is reported by Business Standard. In 2021-22 marketing year, the food ministry said that "India has emerged as the world's largest producer and consumer of sugar as well as the world...

European Union sugar production is forecast to fall by 6.9% in the 2022/23 season to 15.5 million tonnes following a drop in planted area and a severe summer drought in many parts of the trading bloc, the European Commission said in a short-term outlook issued on Wednesday. It is reported by Nasdaq. The drought led to a drop in sugar beet yields of 4% while the planted area also decreased by 4%, the report said. Consumption of sugar rose in 2021/22 by 5.6% to 16.8...

UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced that sugarcane processing by mills in the country’s south-central region was up during the first half of September. Ethanol production was also up, but ethanol sales were down slightly. It is reported by ethanolproducer.com. Mills in the south-central region of Brazil processed 39.49 million tons of sugarcane during the first two weeks of September, up 2.51 percent when compa...

French sugar and ethanol group Tereos has decided to close and dismantle its factory in Romania after talks with a local company interested in taking over the plant failed to go through. It is reported by Reuters. Tereos, the world's second largest sugar producer by volume, had said earlier this year it was planning to shut its Ludus factory. The Romanian agriculture mi...

France's largest sugar maker Tereos had to slow output slightly at some factories after TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) said ongoing strikes at its refineries would prevent it from supplying diesel fuel until the end of the week. It is reported by Reuters. Strikes over wage demands have disrupted the French oil giant's products refining and delivery for the third day on Thursday, threatening supplies at a time of deepen...