Browse Data and Analysis

This biannual report, published in May and November, includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in sugar.

The Nicaraguan sugar industry estimates that sugarcane production in MY2021/2022 will exceed 7.1 million metric tons, which would be a two percent increase from MY 2020/2021.

Nigeria’s sugar industry is facing serious challenges despite efforts by the government to create self-sufficiency in sugar production and reduce raw sugar imports.

As Ecuador's sugar supply and demand find an equilibrium, ethanol production and a possible increase in the ethanol blend rate could help to absorb some excess sugar supply.

Kenya’s sugar production and consumption are expected to increase in marketing year 2021/22 while sugar imports are forecast to decrease.

Mozambique’s agricultural sector is characterized mainly by subsistence farming, with commercial lands focusing mainly on sugar, tobacco, cotton and cashew nuts.

Colombian biofuels production cannot fulfill policy expectations as a result of production deficiencies and insular policies that restrict trade.

On August 3, 2015, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) issued Circular 25/2015/TT-BCT on providing the principles of management of the import tariff quota on sugar in 2015.

Paraguayan ethanol production is forecast to reach a record 215 million liters in 2016. This is a result of expected larger sales of gasoline as the local economy continues to expand.

The Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register), on July 31, 2015 an announcement containing the maximum quota allotment of sugar to be exported to the United States