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China to produce 10 million tons of sugar by 2022/23, an increase of 400 thousand tons from the revised estimate for the previous cycle

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China
Published May 7, 2022

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China is expected to have total sugar production of 10 million tonnes in the 2022/23 season (October to September), an increase of 400,000 tonnes from the revised estimate for the previous cycle, the US Department of Agriculture said. USA (USDA) this Friday. Production, trade, and consumption estimates for 2021/22 have all been revised downwards amid the effects of the pandemic.

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(Reuters) - China is expected to have total sugar production of 10 million tonnes in the 2022/23 season (October to September), an increase of 400,000 tonnes from the revised estimate for the previous cycle, the US Department of Agriculture said. USA (USDA) this Friday. Production, trade and consumption estimates for 2021/22 have all been revised downwards amid the effects of the pandemic. “The production side was primarily affected by weather, Covid impacts and crop competition,” the USDA said in a note. Sugarcane production in the 2021/22 cycle was revised down to 8.7 million tonnes, down 500,000 tonnes from the previous official estimate. Beet sugar production in 2021/22 was also revised to 900,000 tonnes, down 200,000 tonnes in the ...
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