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Sugar production and exports are projected to increase in marketing year 2016/17. It is expected that the forecasted weather conditions of La Nina will bring more rain.

Mexican sugar production for marketing year 2016/17 is forecast to be 6.4 million metric tons raw-value (MMT-RV), although there is not yet an official forecast.

Colombian sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2015/2016 is expected to reach to 2.3 million metric tons (MT).

Brazil’s MY 2016/17 sugarcane crush is estimated at 680 mmt, a two-percent increase compared to the previous season due to good weather conditions that favored steady development of sugarcane stocks.

Post forecasts domestic sugar production to fall in marketing year (MY) 2016/2017 to 430,000 metric tons (MT)...

Post estimates that Jamaica's production will increase to 140,000 MT in 2016/17. The improved performance will be due mainly to an increase in the number of sugar factories that will be in operation.

Guatemalan sugar production for Marketing Year (MY) 2016-2017 (October 2016 to September 2017) is forecast at 3.05 million metric tons (MMT).

El Salvador's sugarcane planted area in 2015/2016 (Nov 2015-Oct 2016) is higher than in 2014/15 reaching approximately 81,000 hectares (ha).

Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack’s March 13-16 visit to Lima invigorated the $3 billion U.S.- Peru bilateral agricultural trade relationship, reopening the Peruvian market to U.S. beef.

Ecuador’s sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2015/16 is estimated at 576,000 metric tons (MT), down 49,000 MT or over seven percent lower than in MY 2014/15.

Ecuador’s wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2016/17 (July-June) is forecast to reach 4,000 metric tons (MT), down about 1,000 MT from the MY 2015/16 estimate.

The Post New marketing year (MY) 2016/17 total Mexican oilseed production forecast increased to 505,000 metric tons (MT) based on favorable weather conditions and a slight increase in harvested area.