Colombia: Sugar Annual

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)

Colombian raw sugar production is estimated to be 2.4 million metric tons (MT) in marketing year (MY) 2018/2019, with no changes in MY 2019/20. In MY 2017/18, Colombia sugarcane production recovered to reach high historical averages as weather conditions improved after three years of extreme climate volatility such as drought followed by heavy rains. Post estimates sugar exports to reach 700,000 MT in MY 2018/19, and remain unchanged in MY 2019/20. In calendar year (CY) 2018, Colombia filled the 54,500 MT export quota under the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) and the 25,273 sugar quota under the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement. Colombia is expected to fulfill its 2019 U.S. sugar quotas and additional volume, if demanded.

Colombia: Sugar Annual

Related Reports

The biotechnology regulatory system in Ukraine is still not fully developed, but the country is gradually adjusting its domestic policies to align with European Union regulations.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Tunisia: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

Tunisia is continuing to postpone non-urgent matters in front of major political and economic reforms. As a result, Tunisia’s biosafety framework, which was drafted in 2014, remains on hold with no timeframe for a review and parliamentary vote.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Thailand: Rice Price - Weekly

Export prices of white and parboiled rice rose one percent from the previous week as exporters reportedly continued to secure the rice supplies to fulfill contract shipments.