date:Jan 13, 2014
The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its Jan. 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates projected U.S. sugar carryover on Oct. 1, 2014, at 1,881,000 short tons, raw value, down 94,000 tons, or 5%, from its December projection and down 279,000 tons, or 13%, from 2,160,000 tons on Oct. 1, 2013, which was raised 6,000 tons. The 2013-14 ending stocks-to-use ratio was projected at 15.4%, down from 16.1% as the December projection and down from 18% as the 2012-13 ratio.
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