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Australian sugar production is projected to reach 4.8 million tonnes in 2015/16 assuming that average seasonal conditions prevail.

Sugar production, trade and domestic prices are largely governed by the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), a government agency under the Philippine Department of Agriculture.

Indonesia is expected to produce 27.1 million metric tons (MMT) of sugarcane in marketing year (MY) 2014/15, resulting in production of 2.1 MMT of plantation white sugar.

Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is forecast to decline by 3.53 percent in 2014/2015.

Ecuador’s sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2014/15 is estimated at 625,000 metric tons (MT), unchanged from 2013/14 levels.

Colombian sugar production in Marketing Year (MY) 2014/15 is expected to increase a marginal two percent, up to 2.4 million metric tons (MT) after a measurable decline the previous two years.

Warmer nights in August 2014 led to lower polarity rates in sugar beets and an eventual 10 percent decrease in sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2014/15.

Cane sugar production for MY (May/April) 2015 is forecast at 1.24 MMT, up from 1.22 MMT in MY2014.

FAS/Nairobi forecasts an increase in sugar consumption and no change in production in the marketing year (MY) 2015/2016.

Pakistan’s sugar stocks are on the rise as several years of robust production have boosted stocks of sugar.

During Marketing Year 2014/2015 (MY 2014/15) Post projects overall sugar production of 540,000 Metric Tons (MT), down from 561,324 MT produced during MY 2013/14.

The government agricultural restructuring program will likely increase MY2015/16 sugar production to 11.4 million metric tons, and sugar exports to around 9 million metric tons.