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FAS/San José expects Costa Rican sugar production in marketing year 2023/24 to recover from a 20-year low in the previous year and to continue to rise in marketing year 2024/25 on expanded area planted to sugarcane as producers in Guanacaste continue to abandon rice production.

FAS/San José projects Costa Rican sugar production to rebound to 400,000 metric tons in marketing year 2023/24, climbing nearly 10 percent higher from marketing year 2022/23, on drier conditions associated with the anticipated return of an El Niño weather system.

FAS/San José expects Costa Rican sugar cane production in marketing year 2021/22 to fall by 2 percent – remaining just below 4 million metric tons – driving sugar production down 2 percent to 416,000 metric tons on lower projected yields.

Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is expected to decline about 1 percent in MY 2020/2021 to 4,057,000 MT.

Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is forecast to decline 0.5 percent in MY 2019/2020. Sugar production is expected to decline 2.45 percent from 442,187 MT in MY 2018/2019 to 431,325 MT...

Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is forecast to increase 2.54 percent in MY 2018/2019.

Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is forecast to decline 8.31 percent in MY 2017/2018.

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.

Costa Rican food processors and consumers trust and value food products that include U.S. raw materials and ingredients. Demand for quality ingredients has been steadily increasing...

Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is forecast to decline by 4.3 percent in 2015/2016.

Costa Rica is one of the major importers of raw materials and ingredients for the food processing industry in Central America.

Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is forecast to decline by 3.53 percent in 2014/2015.