Published:

2022-09-15

Major raw sugar producing countries and regions include: Brazil, EU, India, China, Thailand, Australia, Cuba, South Africa, etc. Global raw sugar production reached a record 131.62 million tons in 1998/99 and is expected to be 131.3 million tons in 1999/00. The world's major markets for trading sugar include the United States Coffee, Sugar, and Cocoa Exchange (CSCE), the London Commodity Exchange (LCE) in the United Kingdom and the Tokyo Sugar Exchange in Japan. my country's sugar production has shown an increasing trend in recent years. It was 5.41 million tons in 1994/95, 6.25 million tons in 1995/1996, 6.8 million tons in 1996/97, 8.16 million tons in 1997/98, and 8.83 million tons in 98/99. /2000 annual production will decline. The origin of sugar in my country is mainly concentrated in: Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Hainan, Fujian, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and other provinces and autonomous regions. Cane sugar is in the south, beet sugar in the north, and cane sugar accounts for more than 80% of the national sugar production. Guangxi has ranked first in the country for 5 consecutive years in sucrose production, with an annual output of 3.82 million tons in 1998/1999. Due to the rapid development of the domestic food industry, beverage industry, catering industry and other sugar-using industries, the consumption of sugar has increased significantly in recent years, and the total social consumption has increased from 3.8 million tons in 1980 to more than 8 million tons in 1999; per capita intake Sugar is 6.7 kilograms, but it still only accounts for about 1/3 of the per capita sugar consumption in developed countries; according to experts, as the population continues to grow and living standards improve, my country's sugar consumption will further increase.