SUGAR/ETHANOL NEWS

The ongoing trade tensions between the United States and China have had minimal influence on the global sugar market, as trade volumes between the two countries in this sector remain relatively low. Despite geopolitical uncertainties, sugar prices have stayed stable, buoyed by strong March contract deliveries and increased sugar exports from Central America, which have alleviated supply concerns.

India's sugar industry is navigating a challenging landscape in the 2024-25 marketing year, marked by reduced production, limited export prospects, and a governmental emphasis on domestic stability.

Indian sugar mills have produced 24.8 million metric tonnes (MT) of sugar so far in the 2024-25 season, according to a statement by the Indian Sugar and Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) released on Monday. The sugar season in India typically runs from October to September, and this year’s production reflects steady progress in output despite fluctuations in weather and market conditions.

The Tanzanian government has assured citizens that the country will not experience a sugar shortage this year, even as multiple sugar factories temporarily shut down for routine maintenance. This follows lessons learned from previous years when such closures triggered severe price hikes and market instability.

Since the mid-1800s, human activities have rapidly facilitated the spread of rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV), a pathogen that infects rice, far and wide across Africa, according to a new study led by Eugénie Hébrard, at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, France), published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens.

SUGAR ETHANOL BIOENERGY INT- The dual pressures of domestic oversupply and uncontrolled smuggling have stifled consumption, forcing prices down and directly squeezing profit margins for most industry players.

SUGAR ETHANOL BIOENERGY-MSM Malaysia expects the sugar industry to remain challenging in 2025, amid high input costs and volatile raw sugar prices driven by global supply fluctuations

Sugar Ethanol Bioenergy Int- India is allocating record rice volumes for ethanol production as it struggles with unprecedented inventories that are likely to swell further with the arrival of the new season crop, a reversal from earlier shortages that led to export curbs. Turning more rice to ethanol is helping to reduce rice stocks in the world's biggest producer and exporter of the grain and keeping India's ambitious ethanol blending programme on track despite a drop in supplies of traditional feedstock sugar cane.

Sugar Ethanol Bioenergy Int- RIO DE JANEIRO, is leaning toward corn as the raw material for a renewed foray into ethanol, potentially sidelining sugarcane and beleaguered sugar producer Raizen, three Petrobras sources familiar with the matter said, citing preliminary evaluations

Sugar Ethanol Bioenergy Int- During the visit, PM Modi announced a initiative to support Fiji’s sugar sector, including the gifting of 12 agricultural drones and two mobile soil testing laboratories under India’s Grant-in-Aid Programme.

Sugar Ethanol Bioenergy Int- The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has made an initial purchase of 30,000 tonnes of white sugar through an international tender seeking around 200,000 tonnes, according to European traders on Tuesday

Sugar Ethanol Bioenergy Int- Lucknow: The state government announced that it has increased efforts to protect sugarcane crops from flooding and disease. A government spokesperson said officials, including deputy sugarcane commissioners, district sugarcane officers, and sugar mill managers, have been instructed to visit the fields and stay in direct contact with farmers. They have also been directed to use drones for spraying medicines to save the crop.