date:Nov 12, 2012
key supplying countries, along with a rebuilding of sugar inventories in major importing countries, are expected to boost trade in 2012-13. The FAO Sugar Price Index averaged 288 points in October, up 1.6 per cent (or 4.5 points) from September, but down 20.2 per cent (or 73 points) from October last year.
For meat, global markets are challenged by high feed prices, stagnating consumption and falling profitability. Growth in total meat output in 2012 is forecast at less than 2 per cent. With i