Costa Rica: Sugar Annual
Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is forecast to decline 8.31 percent in MY 2017/2018. Sugar production is expected to decline 4.3 percent from 439,000 MT in MY 2016/2017 to 420,000 MT in MY2017/2018. Lower production is related to the effects of Tropical Storm Nate in October 2017, which affected the main production area of Guanacaste in October of last year. Industry sources expect cane and sugar production to rebound during MY 2018/2019.