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The estimated area planted to Genetically Engineered (GE) crops in Canada was down 2 percent in 2018, due primarily to lower soybean area in the prairie provinces.

Ethanol production using sugarcane and molasses in 2018 is expected to increase to 270 million liters (ML) from 235 ML the previous year as aggregate capacity increases.

The Ethiopian Sugar Corporation (ESC) recently floated an international tender for 200,000 metric tons of sugar.

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.

MY2018/19 Nigeria sugar production is estimated to remain at 80,000 tons, the same figure reported the previous year. MY 2018/19 imports are forecast to remain relatively constant at 1.8 million tons.

China’s sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 is forecast to rise for the third straight year, primarily due to expanded sugar beet area.

While MY2018/19 Argentine forecast for sugar production and consumption maintain stable levels, exports plummet to 150,000 tons (raw value), due to stagnant production and lower beginning stocks.

India’s centrifugal sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 (Oct-Sept) is expected to rise 4.2 percent to a record 33.8 million metric tons (MMT).

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