Larger deficit seen in global sugar supply as India boosts ethanol
Reuters
Published Nov 30, 2021 01:05PM ET
Updated Nov 30, 2021 01:42PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's sugar supply balance is expected to deteriorate in the 2021/22 season that started in October due to higher use of sugarcane to ethanol production in India and lower production in Brazil, broker StoneX said on Tuesday.
The season will see demand surpassing production for the third consecutive year, StoneX said, projecting a supply deficit of 1.8 million tonnes, 1 million tonnes more than it estimated in October.
Global production was seen at 186.6 million tonnes, while demand was projected at 188.4 million. The broker said demand improved recently as ocean freight prices declined. It saw higher buying from Asian countries and from refining hubs.
India is seen producing a record amount of sugarcane after positive weather, but the country's ethanol blending program will take the equivalent of 3 million tonnes of sugar out of the market, StoneX said, resulting in a sugar production that will be basically the same as in the previous crop, or around 31 million tonnes.
Production in Brazil's centre-south region is seen at 31.3 million tonnes, 12% less than a year earlier.
StoneX said Brazil's new sugar season, that starts in April, will see a 6% improvement on total sugarcane volumes to 565.3 million tonnes.
Sugar production in the European Union plus the United Kingdom area is projected to rise nearly 12% in 2021/22 (Oct-Sept) to 17.2 million tonnes, as a wetter summer in Europe boosted yields for beet.
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