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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.

MY 2016/17 (December/November) total raw sugar production was revised upwards from 2.25 MMT to 2.50 MMT on better-than-expected cane yields resulting from favorable weather conditions....

MY2017/18 sugar production will likely increase to 11.2 million metric tons, up 12 percent from MY2016/17 due to favorable weather conditions.

A notification to amend the provisions of declaring quantity of added sugar in non-alcoholic carbonated beverages was published in the Official Gazette of India.

Colombia’s biofuel production decreased in 2016 as a result of difficult weather conditions that affected its main feedstocks (sugarcane and palm oil).

This is Posts’ first report on the Zambia sugar industry.