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MY 2016/17 sugarcane tonnage grew as a result of La Nina conditions, although sucrose yields fell due to flowering.

India’s centrifugal sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2017/18 (Oct-Sept) is expected to increase by 18 percent to 25.8 million metric tons (MMT).

Sugar production and exports are projected to increase in marketing year 2017/2018, up from the previous year.

FAS/Nairobi forecasts Kenya’s sugar production to remain flat in the marketing year (MY) 2017/2018 due to continued poor performance of the state-owned sugar milling plants.

MY2017/18 sugar production is expected to recover to 11.2 million metric tons, up 12 percent from 10 million metric tons in MY2016/17.

ugar production in marketing year (MY) 2016/17 set a record high of 653,000 metric tons due to carry over of cane not harvested the previous year.

Guatemalan sugar production for Marketing Year (MY) 2018 is forecast at 2.90 million metric tons (MMT).

Colombian sugar production is forecast to marginally increase to 2.35 million metric tons (MT) in marketing year (MY) 2017/18 from the 2.30 million metrics tons reached in MY 2016/17.

Post forecasts Australian sugar production to decline to 4.8 million MT in 2017/18 after a tropical cyclone hit northern Queensland in late March 2017.

Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is forecast to increase 1.47 percent in 2016/2017 reaching 449,000 MT - slightly higher than the 446,000 MT produced in 2015/2016.

Market Year (MY) 2016/17 raw sugar production may increase to 2.25 million metric tons (MMT) from 2.135 MMT in MY 2015/16 with a return to more normal weather conditions....

Sugar production is forecast at a record six million metric tons for 2017/18. Sugar has emerged as a favored crop among farmers who value the government established procurement price....