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September 14, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/bfAOxk

Brazil's credit downgrade and the possibility India will export some 4 million tonnes of sugar could keep the global sugar industry mired in excess supplies, threatening a fragile recovery expected to begin in 2015/16, according to Reuters.

The possibility that millers in top grower and producer Brazil will…

September 10, 2015 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/pVfO1i

Sugar industry representatives were given an ultimatum on marketing in Canberra Wednesday by the Minister for Industry and Science Ian Macfarlane, according to Australia’s North Queensland Register newspaper.

About 40 people including millers, grower representative groups, independent farmers as well as…

September 9, 2015 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/DtsuhM

European Union sugar production is expected to be down this year compared with 2014 after a sharp drop in beet plantings, with yields forecast to be lower in most leading producers, reports Reuters.

France is set for a smaller harvest this year after growers planted less of the crop and hot, dry weather this…

September 9, 2015 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/evuNOP

The Philippine Bureau of Customs on Wednesday filed with the Department of Justice a criminal complaint against a businessman for the alleged smuggling of P13.6 million (US$288,000) worth of refined sugar, according to GMA Network.

Charged were Kevin Castro, owner and proprietor of Binondo-based Real Top…

September 8, 2015 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/M3sIjv

Having endured a delay in sugarcane procurement and the crop’s official price fixation which was stonewalled till March this year, farmers have asked the provincial government to settle the issues before the onset of October, according to Pakistan’s Tribune newspaper.

“The rate of PKR250 (US$2.4) per 40kg should…