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Chinese sugar refiners to lobby Beijing to increase import permits

Chinese sugar refineries are planning to lobby Beijing to increase out-of-quota sugar imports next year, after the government took several steps to curb shipments this year. It is reported by Reuters. Major sugar refiners in the world's top buyer of the commodity proposed that the government should resume import permits for sugar at 1,9 million tonnes for 2018...


In the English county of Norfolk the sugar beet yield increased to 100 t/ha

Sugar beet yield is hitting 100 t/ha along the north Norfolk coast (Great Britain), with crops bolstered by a good level of rain and sun throughout the summer and autumn. Farmers Weekly reports about it. Tom Dye, managing director at Albanwise Farming, has lifted about one-third of his 300 ha of sugar beet. ²It’s been a good year, perhaps not a record one...


Indian Alanganallur coop mill began sugarcane crushing

Cane crushing at the National Cooperative Sugar Mills (NCSM) in Alanganallur here for 2017-18 season was inaugurated on Saturday. The Hindu reports. Owing to the drought witnessed across Tamil Nadu, including Madurai, last year, the officials at the mill said that they were targeting to crush only 50,000 tonnes of sugarcane t...


Brazilian mills sugar hedging smallest since 2013/14

Brazilian mills have hedged 6,24 million tonnes of sugar through New York futures by November 30, or around 23% of expected exports in the 2018/19 season. Sao Paulo-based Archer Consulting said on Monday, Reuters reports. That hedging volume is the smallest since the 2013/14 season, Archer said, as mills refrain from fixing prices at the exchange wai...


In Australia Mackay Sugar prematurely completes sugarcane processing

Mackay Sugar's crushing will end Thursday night after wet weather forced a premature end to the season. It is reported by Daily Mercury. Marian Mill is the last of Mackay Sugar's three mills still crushing but it is no longer able to process the 12,000 tonnes a day required to remain viable. &...


In Australia wet weather may force sugar cane to remain in the ground

Ongoing wet weather has Mackay Sugar cane growers facing the prospect of leaving part of their crop in the field. It is reported by Daily Mercury. An estimated amount between 250,000 and 400,000 tonnes has not been harvested, according to Canegrowers Queensland chairman Paul Schembri, and it seems likely a hal...


China sugar imports up over 60%

China's sugar imports climbed 60,6% in October from the year before to 170,000 tonnes. It is reported by Reuters. October sugar imports climbed from last year's 105,042 tonnes, when high international prices hurt purchases. Imports were also up 6% from last month's...


China will mechanize sugar cane production by 70%

China will boost mechanization of its sugar industry over the next five years as part of a broader plan to upgrade domestic production. It is reported by The Business Times. China aims to plant 70% of its sugarcane and 98% of sugar beet with machinery by 2022, up from 40% and 80% at present, according to a five-...


The USA to export large ethanol volume to Brazil despite high tax

In Brazil, Platts expects the US to export 1,7 billion liters of ethanol to Brazil next year, down slightly from the 1,8 billion liters seen for this year despite the new 20% import duty on imports above 600 million liters. It is reported by Reuters. Center-south mills won’t be able to boost supplies to the north-northeast as higher gasoline prices boost demand for ethanol. US ethanol could increase market...


Australia and Peru sign sweet free trade deal for sugar industry

On Friday, November 10, Australia and Peru signed a free trade pact that will eliminate nearly all tariffs Australian exporters face in Peru in a boost for Australia's sugar industry, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said. It is reported by Reuters. The deal marks one of the first steps toward reducing trade barriers in the Pacific region after US President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the 12-nat...

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