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Post estimates that the South African raw sugar production will increase by 8 percent to 2.2 Million Metric Tons (MMT) in the 2018/19 Marketing Year (MY), due to an increase in sugar cane....

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the cumulative rainfall for the Southwest Monsoon 2018 (June to September) was 9 percent lower than the fifty-year average....

India’s centrifugal sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 (October-September) is revised up to 35.9 million metric tons (MMT), 5 percent above last season....

The Government of Ukraine (GoU) abolished the existing sugar quota regime, which was coupled with price supports in the form of minimum prices for both refined sugar and sugar beets.

The Polish Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) announced that farmers will be eligible to receive PLN 1.5 billion ($410 million) in financial support to offset losses from the 2018 drought.

Refined sugar production is forecast at 6.5 million metric tons (MMT) for marketing year 2018/19 (MY Oct/Sept), down 12 percent from the current year’s estimate of 7.4 million metric tons....

For Marketing Year October 2018/ September 2019 (MY2018/19), Post forecasts overall production to be lower than MY2017/18, at 560,000 MT, due to unfavorable weather conditions.

Post estimates that the South African raw sugar production will increase by 8 percent to 2.2 Million Metric Tons (MMT) in the 2018/19 Marketing Year (MY), due to an increase in sugar cane....

Australian sugar cane production is forecast to be stable at 34 million metric tons (MMT) in 2018/19, similar to last year.

Total raw sugar production in MY 2018/19 (December/November) will reach 2.225 MMT, up slightly from the previous year, with cane production expected to be about 24 MMT.

The cumulative rainfall for the Southwest Monsoon 2018 reported by the Indian Meteorological Department, as of September 23, 2018, was 9 percent lower than the fifty-year average.

MY2018/19 sugarcane production is expected to decline 4 percent from MY2017/18 reducing sugar production to 13.8 million metric tons.