Mexico: Sugar Annual
Mexican sugar production for marketing year 2018/19 is forecast to be 6.57 million metric tons raw value (MMT-RV), although there is not yet an official forecast. Sugar production for MY 2017/18 is estimated at 6.4 MMT-RV, according to new estimates. The sugar export forecast for MY 2018/19 is 1.5 MMT-RV, although there is not yet an official forecast. Export estimates for MY 2017/18 are 1.49 MMT-RV, whereas exports to the United States are expected at 1.1 MMT-RV. Sugar exports were slow at first as the industry was having difficulties in producing the polarity needed in the United States, but have adjusted.