Oct 3 2007 | China, Peoples Republic of | Semi-Annual Highlight: Total Chinese centrifugal sugar output is forecast to increase eight percent to a record 13.85 MMT (raw value) in marketing year (MY) 2007/08. The steady rise in corn prices has given sugar a competitive edge over starch sweeteners and fueled sugar beet and cane area expansion. Total natural sweetener consumption is forecast to rise by ten percent in MY07/08 driven by the rapidly growing food processing, beverage, and catering sectors CH7075 | View the Acrobat version | Download the MS Word version |
|