The ISO has revised its forecast for the global sugar surplus in the 2022/23 crop year, reducing it from 6.2 million tons to 4.2 million tons. This is lower than the Reuters poll average of 3.25 million tons. The production forecast has been reduced to 180.4 million tons from 182.1 million tons, largely due to a decrease in production in India and Western Europe, which is now projected at 34.3 million tons and 15.2 million tons respectively, rather than the previous forecasts of 35.5 million tons and 16.6 million tons. Despite these production challenges, global sugar consumption has been marginally increased to 176.3 million tons from 176 million tons.