We focus on grains and food industry.
We focus on grains and food industry.
We focus on grains and food industry.
We focus on grains and food industry.
We focus on grains and food industry.
We focus on grains and food industry.
We focus on grains and food industry.
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US sugar production expects lower
In its March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has estimated US sugar production for 2025-26 US to remain lower, due to which, imports to the country likely to raise, and deliveries too and lower ending stocks, with an ending stocks-to-use ratio of 15.2 percent compared to 15.9 percent in February and 19.9 percent in 2024-25.
In 2025-26, US sugar production is likely to be at 9,280,000 tonne, down 130,000 tons from the previous estimate and down 117,000 tonne from a record-high 9,397,000 tonne in 2024-25. Beet sugar production is estimated at 5,093,000 tonne, down 9,000 tonne from the previous estimate but down 277,000 tonne, or 5 percent, from a record-high 5,370,000 tonne in 2024-25.
Cane sugar production also forecast at 4,187,000 tonne, down 121,000 tonne from the previous estimate and up 160,000 tonne, or 4 percent, from 2024-25 and still record high. As state-wise, forecast cane sugar production is raised by 6,000 tonne in Louisiana, to 2,232,000 tonne but was lowered in Florida by 6.1 percent to 1,956,000 tonne, while the revised Florida forecast was up 1.2 percent from 1,932,000 tonne estimated in 2024-25. The reduction in cane sugar production in Florida is due to crop damage from an early February freeze.
In 2025-26, total sugar imports are forecast at 2,427,000 tonne, up 184,000 tonne from the previous estimate. Also, adding to the import forecast was a 50,000-tonne rise in other program imports as re-export imports. Ending stocks are forecast at 1,878,000 tonne, down 62,000 tonne, or 3.2 percent, from the previous estimate and down 612,000 tonne, or 25 percent, from 2,490,000 tonne in 2024-25.
