date:Apr 11, 2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates projected U.S. sugar carryover on Oct. 1, 2013, at 2,136,000 short tons, raw value, down 222,000 tons, or 9%, from 2,358,000 tons as the March projection but up 151,000 tons, or 8%, from 1,985,000 tons in 2012.
The decrease in ending stocks was the result of projected lower domestic beet sugar production and increased food use of sugar more than offsetting increased imports from Mexico and slightly higher d