Sugar Production Lower This Year

Sugar production lower this year

Sugar production this year is expected to be lower than last year, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said. Although initial figures for this crop year exceeded the agency's estimates, the projected output is lower than the previous year's. Production is currently at 1.815 million metric tons (MT), SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona said. This is higher than the SRA's initial estimate of 1.782 million MT. The agency expects the productio…

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