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November 18, 2016 (Sugaronline) | https://goo.gl/12CYlY

Brazil launched on Wednesday an initiative to promote biofuels during the United Nations Climate Conference (COP-22), with 20 countries signing on, according to Brazil's Folha de S. Paulo newspaper.

The initiative was launched after two months of negotiations with nations that would benefit from expanding…

November 18, 2016 (Sugaronline) | https://goo.gl/0kp66F

World sugar inventories will fall to a five-year low by the end of the 2016/17 season, as consumption rises faster than production, according to Agrimoney.

The US Department of Agriculture saw sugar stocks falling by some 7.2 million tonnes in 2016/17, to 30.78 million tonnes.

This compared to a…

November 18, 2016 (Sugaronline) | https://goo.gl/V8tEMD

The INR25 (US$0.36)/qtl increase in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government's state advised price (SAP) for sugarcane for the season SY2016/17 is likely to result in an increase in the cost of production by around INR2,500/tonne of sugar, according to the Economic Times of India.

However, given the likelihood of…

Posted on November 02, 2016 (Business World Online) | https://goo.gl/kfPUxU

THE Philippines is seeking to access markets like China, the world’s top importer of sugar, to diversify its trade, which is heavily weighted towards the United States, an official with the sugar regulator said.

“China is a huge user of sugar, importer of sugar. If China’s stocks ever…

EU sugar producers seek export markets

posted October 20, 2016 at 11:05 pm by AFP | https://goo.gl/Y4OL2s

BRUSSELS, Belgium—European sugar producers will target export markets in addition to looking for new domestic customers when the EU lifts quotas next year and fully embraces free-market…