World Sugar Market: 2023 and Beyond
Insight Focus India sugar supply to decrease. Thailand production to s...
Ask the Analyst: Why are Colombia Sugar Prices so High?
Insight Focus Colombia is the 15th largest sugar producer in the world...
Peru Fails to Curb Domestic Sugar Price Rise
Insight Focus Peruvian prices of household goods, including sugar have...
Ask the Analyst: Could Mexico Restrict Sugar Exports?
Insight Focus ‘Food nationalism’, restricting exports to cap domes...
Why Are Sugarcane Yields in Mexico Declining?
Insight Focus Cane yields in Mexico have been in steady decline. This ...
Our Global Sugar Outlook for 2022 and Beyond
Insight Focus Sugar supply problem seen longer term as Indian exports ...
US Beet Sugar Output Could Be Hit by Post-Harvest Rain
Insight Focus US beet sucrose yields could hit a five-year low ...
Ask the Analyst: The Ukraine Conflict and Commodities
Insight Focus The Ukraine conflict has been making the headlines for a...
The US Has Too Many Shipping Containers
We’ve spent the past 14 months talking about a container shortage. T...
WASDE: Record US Beet Production Despite Drought?
The USDA now thinks the US will produce a record 5.35m short tons of b...
High Freight Rates Hit Central American Raws Exports
Central America exported 1.25m tonnes of raw sugar this year, down 300...
Mexican Sugar Production to Rebound Following Drought
Mexico should produce 6mmt of sugar in 2021/22, up 270kmt year-on-year...
WASDE: USDA Reduces Mexico’s Market Access
The USDA has increased its US beet production estimate, even after the...
Our Colombian Road Trip (In Pictures)
In case you missed it, I just travelled through Colombia’s Cauc...
Ask the Analyst: Why is Mexican Sugar So Expensive?
Mexico is part of the USMCA (US, Mexico, Canada Agreement). Both the U...
Our Colombian Road Trip: Rocky Roads
In case you’re tuning into this series for the first time, we...
Our Colombian Road Trip: Onto the Mills
In case you’re tuning in for the first time, our Miami-based Ana...
Our Colombian Road Trip: Into the Cane Fields
In case you’re tuning in for the first time, our Miami-based Ana...
US WASDE: Beet Yields Hold Up For Now
Opinion Focus The USDA WASDE report for august continues to predict a ...
US Beet Production Hit by Drought
The USDA’s reduced its beet production forecast for the US. The July...
Costly Freight Weakens Refiners’ Profitability
Toll (re-export) sugar refinery profitability is under pressure. High ...
Central American Raws Exports Wind Down
Central America has exported 1.15m tonnes of raw sugar so far this sea...
USDA Acts to Curb Sugar Rally
The USDA has reallocated the raw sugar Tariff Rate Quota. This should ...
Central America’s Sugar Exports Recover
Central America has exported 1.1m tonnes of raw sugar so far this seas...
WASDE: US Sugar Imports Hit by High Prices
50kmt of US duty-paid world market sugar imports may not materialise t...
Sugar Following Peru’s Presidential Election
Peru’s presidential election will finish on Sunday. If Pedro Castill...
US Imports: Less TRQ, More Mexican Sugar
The US Dept of Agriculture expects American sugar stocks remain high f...
The US: Not Enough Raws in 2020/21?
Note: The US can import 1.117m tonnes of raw sugar each year via the R...
Ask the Analyst: US Sugar Supply After the Refinery Fire
As far as we know, Baltimore Sugar Refinery is operational once again....
Central American Raws Exports Slow Down
Central America has exported 764k tonnes of raw sugar so far this seas...
Fire at Baltimore Sugar Refinery
Smoke has been sighted from 3pm local time coming from the Baltimore s...
Central American Raws Fill Thai Void
600k tonnes of raw sugar has left Central America already this season;...
US Reduces Mexican Sugar Imports to Relieve Stocks
Note: All the numbers in this Opinion are in short tons. To convert in...
Global Sugar Production in 2021 and Beyond
Note: All the data seen throughout this discussion is housed in Czappâ...
Ask the Analyst: Thai Cane, Sugar Tax, Petrobras
The Thai crop will be heavily scrutinised this year. Over the la...
US Must Slow Sugar Imports to Keep Stocks Under Control
The February WASDE revealed that the US could now produce a record 9.3...
Guatemalan Refined Exports Start Strong, Despite Harvest Delays
Guatemala has exported 236k tonnes of refined sugar so far this season...
US Raws Imports Make Rapid Start After Quota Expansion
500k tonnes of raw sugar has already been cleared into the USA as Tari...
As US Domestic Production Increases, Mexican Quota Set to Fall
The January WASDE note is forecasting a significant increase in beet s...
November WASDE: 2020/21 Beet Yields Reduced
The latest WASDE balance for the USA has reduced the country’s overa...
Market Talk: Hurricane Eta Hits Central America
Hurricane Eta reached category 5 as it reached Nicaragua yesterday.&nb...
How La Niña Could Impact Colombian Sugar Production
A fall in the temperature of the equatorial Eastern Pacific Ocean is c...
Wet August Helps Mexican Cane Crop
Mexico was graced with above average rainfall in August. This eliminat...
WASDE: Record US Sugar Production Dwarfs Mexican Imports
The US could have its largest-ever crop next season, totalling 8.45m m...
Hot and Dry Mexican Summer Puts Cane at Risk
Mexico’s rainfall was poor during the key growing month of July. If ...
Hurricane Laura: Louisiana’s Cane Crop at Risk
Hurricane Laura made landfall in Louisiana last night; this is the reg...
Czapp Explains: Colombian Sugar Duty
Czapp’s Arancel Calculator Our Duty Calculator estimates t...
July WASDE: Are the New Import Expectations Realistic?
The July WASDE indicated that the US Department of Agriculture expects...
Will Locusts Reduce Colombia’s Cane Yields?
Colombia’s locust population has grown following its particularly ra...
June WASDE: The USA’s Sugar Import Bump Rescues Closing Stocks
532 words / 2.5 minute reading time The June WASDE has normalised the ...
May WASDE: 2019/20 Stocks Projected 400k Below Target
546 words / 2.5 minute reading time The May WASDE projection expects a...
US 20/21 Sugar Production: A Return to Normality?
709 words / 3.5 minute reading time The May WASDE usually sets out ear...
US Sugar Arrivals: Refined Sugar Imports Ahead
298 words / 2 minute reading time The USA recently announc...
US to Import More Sugar
336 words / 1.5 minute reading time As expected, the US has expanded R...
Coronavirus Lowers US Sugar Consumption
517 words / 2.5 minute reading time US sugar consumption could fall by...
US Sugar Imports: Good, But Not Great
533 words / 2.5 minute reading time Mexican sugar flows into the USA n...
March WASDE: USDA Signalling for More Refined Imports
482 words / 2 minute reading time The latest WASDE release has reduced...
February WASDE: Mexican Import Estimate Reduced
292 words / 2 minute reading time The February WASDE shows a reduction...
USTRQ Re-allocation: No Change to Supply Estimates
402 words / 2.5 minute reading time The USDA has redistributed 78k ton...
Mexican Cane Crop Update: No Alarm Bells Yet
779 words / 5 minute reading time Key players in the Mexican sugar ind...
US Imports: Is The Wrong Sugar Coming In?
651 words / 4 minute reading time There may not be enough sugar in the...
January WASDE: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
270 words / 1.5 minute reading time As the estimates for US beet sugar...
El Salvador: Extra Supply in Central America?
259 words / 1.5 minute reading time The crop in El Salvador is now und...
Guatemala: Steady Crop Start
237 words / 1.5 minute reading time Crops in Central America hav...
December WASDE: Mexico to the Rescue!
528 words / 3 minute reading time The latest WASDE release has f...
Mexican Crop Start: Look Through the Data
350 words / 2 minute reading time The US market will be very reliant o...
America Allows More Refined Imports, Not More Imports
291 words / 2 minute reading time The USDA will change the sugar mix M...
How Will the USA Ensure It Has Enough Sugar?
757 words / 6 minute reading time American sugar supply is likely to b...
November WASDE: Beet Production Falls to 10 Year Low
American beet sugar production will be the lowest in 10 years. This me...
2018/19 US Imports Summary
448 words / 3 minute reading time In 2018/19, the US imported 2.8m ton...
US Snow Storms Slow Beet Harvest
343 words / 2 minute read Heavy snowfall has hit North Dak...
US Overview: What to Look Out For This Year
The beet crop is starting in the US; the crop performance will impact ...
October WASDE: American Sugar Consumption Falling
The US Government thinks American sugar consumption has been falling o...
Mexico 2019/20 Overview: The Good, The Bad, and The Drought
Mexico looks set to supply 550k tonnes in 2019/20 to the world market....
El Salvador: Chinese Purchases Expected
We suspect China will show political support to El Salvador by purchas...
September WASDE: More Mexican Sugar to the USA
Mexico can ship 1m tonnes sugar to the USA in 2019/20 under the USMC A...
Mexican Exports Displacing Brazilian VHP
Mexico has exported 945k tonnes of sugar this season. This is more tha...
August WASDE – Record American Sugar Production
America is set to make a record amount of sugar in 2019/20. This will ...
India Tries to Muscle into Indonesia
For the last year India has been trying to develop new export markets ...
June WASDE: Looking at 19/20
The USDA should announce an increase in imports for 135k tonnes soon t...
April WASDE: Small Changes in Production
The WASDE has reduced the domestic sugar crops; this is likely to resu...