date:Sep 17, 2018
nity for expanded global sugar trade will be difficult because world sugar prices have been trending down since 2016.
Deliberto said the world futures sugar market only accounts for 25 percent of the total amount of sugar produced globally as countries use their production to supply their own domestic markets. Major exporting countries like Brazil, India and Thailand see these markets as an outlet to reduce burdensome domestic supplies. Although Brazils sugar production is reduced as they diver