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The pace of plantings for all major kharif crops is slower than last year as delayed monsoon rains and low reservoir storage levels have resulted in lower planted area.

The Ethiopian Sugar Corporation (ESC), a government owned entity, plans to privatize ten partially completed sugar mills and three older mills that are operating in some capacity.

The Government of India (GOI) announced a price fixing scheme for fuel ethanol procurement for parastatal oil marketing companies (OMCs).

The Government of Pakistan has increased the tariff on sugar imports from zero to 20 percent and authorized an export quota of 500,000 metric tons.

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 National Committee for the Sustainable Development of Sugarcane (CONADESUCA) published the standard sugar reference price to determine the final cane payment for marketing year (MY) 2014/15.

This annual report provides information on U.S. sugar import and re-exports, including the fill rate of the sugar TRQs and sugar imports from Mexico.

Post raises Argentine 2015 sugar production estimate to 2.05 million tons, a small increase from USDA’s number due to beneficial weather during harvest time.

Post forecasts that the 2014/15 MY sugar cane production will decrease by nine percent to 18.2 MMT, from the 2013/14 MY sugar cane production of 20.0 MMT, as a result of very dry weather conditions.

The Brazilian MY 2014/15 sugarcane crop is estimated at 619 mmt, down 5 mmt from MY 2013/14, mainly due to weather related problems in the center-southern producing region.

The Philippines is the 8th largest sugarcane producer and the third largest U.S. sugar tariff rate quota recipient.

Post forecast centrifugal sugar production for marketing year (MY) 2014/15 at 27.3 MMT (raw value), a decrease of 640,000 metric tons (MT).