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Brazil's center-south, the world's largest sugar producing region, sped up harvesting in the first half of April, crushing a quarter more cane than in the same period a year earlier, industry group Unica said on Wednesday. It is reported by Reuters. Mills crushed 22,21 million tonnes of cane in the first two weeks of April versus 17,7 million tonnes a year earlier, allocating 68,5 percent of that cane to ethanol prod...

After a several-month break Agara Sugar factory will resume operation from June 1, announces the office of Georgia’s business ombudsman and Agara Sugar company. It is reported by «Sputnik Georgia». All employees of the factory will return to their jobs. The Georgian government and the founders of Agara Sugar company negotiated with the...

Rogers Sugar Inc. (the «Corporation» or «Rogers Sugar») is pleased to announce a two-year extension to the existing agreement with the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers («ASBG») covering the 2019 and 2020 crops. It is reported by Nasdaq. Established in 1950, the Taber operation is the only sugar beet processing facility in Canada and employs 135 Albertans full time. In addition, approximately 240 seasonal...

Philippine raw-sugar output in the current crop year (CY) has reached 1,584 million tonnes, 11,3 percent lower than the 1,786 million tonnes recorded a year ago, the latest data from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) showed. It is reported by BusinessMirror. Preliminary data released by the SRA showed that raw-sugar production from September 1, 2017 to April 1 amounted to 31,869 million 50-kilogram bags (Lkg), from 35,...

Vietnam will keep its sugarcane growing area stable at 300,000 hectares until 2030 in parallel with increasing sugar output and quality, according to a plan on the sugar industry’s development until 2020 with a vision to 2030. It is reported by vov.vn. The plan, recently approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), aims to promote the industry’s competitiveness and sustainable development w...

China March sugar imports hit their highest level since January, 2017. It is reported by Reuters. In March 2018 China imported 380,000 tonnes of sugar, the data showed.    

Kenya expects its sugar production to jump by up to 19 percent this year, recovering from a drought-induced drop the previous year. It is reported by Reuters. The East African nation has an annual sugar consumption of 870 000 tonnes but production has slumped due to a high cost of production, old and inefficient sugar crushing...

Uganda’s sugar output may climb 17 percent this year to 428,000 metric tonnes with three top producers expected to boost production. It is reported by Bloomberg. The forecast is a revision from an estimate of 388 000 tonnes in January and production of 365 452 tonnes in 2017, the Uganda Sugar Manufacturers’ Association sai...

The Privatization Administration of Turkey conducted separate auctions to corporatize three sugar factories.   It is reported by Anadolu Agency. Turhal, Ilgin, and Erzurum — three factories of the Turkish Sugar Refineries Corporation (Turkseker) — were up for auction.  Kayseri...

This year’s Cuban sugar harvest will be one of the lowest in more than a century at 1,1 million to 1,3 million tonnes of raw sugar, a drop of 30 percent. It is reported by Reuters. Cuba produced 1,8 million tonnes of raw sugar in the last harvest. The milling season runs from late November through April when the weather is normally dry and temper...