(3) The world sugar market remained well supplied in 2000 although there was a short lived speculation for higher prices released by exaggerated reports about eventual crop shortfalls. Low world prices required the EU Commission to make fine-tuned cuts into national sugar quotas for exactly...

Agricultural Markets at the Turn of 2001/2002: (3) SugarEstimated world sugar supply and demand remained uncertain in 2001 but finally depressed import requirements carried the day and sent prices down to 6.5 cts/lb in October (as against 10 cts/lb around March). Precautionary quota management...

Sugar MarketFollowing rich crops in almost all bigger producer countries estimated world sugar stocks have increased over the marketing year 2001/02 and destroyed hopes for future world prices to slowly increase. Expectations that China would fill its tariff quota of some 1.76 mt did not...