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China’s sugar production levels are forecast at 10.89 million metric tons (MMT) in MY19/20 (Oct-Sep).

Total raw sugar production in MY 2019/20 (December/November) will reach 2.1 million metric tons (MMT), unchanged from the previous year, with cane production expected to be about 22 MMT.

Australia’s sugar cane crush is down this year as a result of dry weather throughout parts of the key sugar production region.

Sugarcane production in MY2019/20 is forecast to decline by 6 percent from MY2018/19’s level, which will reduce sugar production to 13.5 MMT.

On August 28, China’s State Council Customs Tariff Commission (SCCTC) announced that China will administer a second round of tariff exclusions for certain imports originating from the United States...

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) confirmed Japan’s first outbreak of Spodoptera frugiperda, or Fall Armyworm (FAW).

On August 23, 2019, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF), State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced new tariffs on certain U.S. products, valued at $75 billion USD.

The Fall Armyworm (FAW; Spodoptera frugiperda) – a crop-eating pest – first detected in China in January 2019 has now spread across 15 Chinese provinces....

The Fall Armyworm (FAW; Spodoptera frugiperda) – a crop-eating pest – first detected in China in January 2019 has spread across China’s southern border and currently impacts about 8,500 hectares....

Growth in Chinese sugar production is expected to slow in 2019/20, with sugar cane acreage forecast to remain steady and sugar beet acreage forecast to increase slightly.

Market Year (MY) 2019/20 sugar consumption is forecast to increase marginally to 2.3 million metric tons (MMT), following a flat 2018/19 when sugar sweetened beverage consumption slowed....

MY2019/20 sugar production is expected to decline to 13.9 million metric tons, down for the second consecutive year from record production in MY2017/18 due to reduced sugarcane acreage....