33. WORLD CANE SUGAR INDUSTRY AT GLANCE

  WORLD CANE SUGAR INDUSTRY AT GLANCE

 

                 In the world approximately 180 million tonnes (raw value) of sugar is produced every year. Around 80% of global sugar is extracted from sugarcane, and remaining 20% from sugar beet. In USA and in some countries high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is used as sweetener in food industry. The production of which in the world is about 15 million tonnes.

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There are some 1700 cane sugar factories all over the world. The cane sugar capacities vary from 800 tcd to 35000 tcd. In many countries the number of sugar factories is decreasing. Old plants of smaller capacities are being closed and selected plants are being expanded for higher capacities with higher efficiencies. However in India the number of factories is still increasing. The highest sugar recovery is of Australia and India.

 Top 10 cane sugar producing countries 2019

 

Sr. No.	Country	Sugar Production  lakh MT
1	India	296.6
2	Brazil	291.7
3	Thailand	140.5
4	Chaina	93.1
5	Mexico	61.8
6	Pakistan	53.0
7	Australia	42.5
8	USA	32.6
9	Guatemala	29.6
10	Indonesia	22.30

                                                               

·         It should be noted that only in2019 Brazil is ranking second sugar production otherwise Brazil is always the highest sugar producer in the world. Brazil ranks first in sugar exports. Depending on demand and supply in international market Brazil diverts sugar production to ethanol production and controls it’s sugar production.

·         The production of USA mentioned here is only from sugar cane, the production from sugar beet is not included here.

                The sugar industry in Australia, South Africa, USA are advanced in technology in respect of mechanization, instrumentation, automation, and computerization in process control.

                                                                 

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Top sugar (Raw + White) exporting countries 2019

Sr. No.	Country	Exporters Lakh MT (Raw +white)
1	Brazil	178.9
2	Thailand	10.41
3	India	40.2
4	Australia	27.1
5	Mexico	23.4
6	Guatemala	20.6
7	South Africa	8.9
8	Eswatini	7.9
9	Cuba	6.2
10	Pakistan	6.2

 

Top sugar (Raw + White) importing countries 2019

 

Sr. No.	Country	Import Lakh MT (Raw +white)
1	China	42.50
2	Indonesia	41.2
3	USA	28.2
4	Bangladesh	21.7
5	Algeria	18.90
6	Malaysia	17.8
7	Korea Rep. of	16.6
8	Nigeria	13.6
9	Iran	13.3
10	Sudan	12.9

 

                                                                         

D B jambhale, consulting sugar technologist,

former technical adviser VSI Pune.

Pune Maharashtra India,