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Thai 2008/09 Sugar Production Falls

Source: Reuters
12/05/2009

Bangkok, May 12 - Thailand, Asia's biggest sugar exporter, produced 7.14 million tonnes of the sweetener in the 2008/09 season which ended in late April, down 8.7 percent from the previous crop, the Cane and Sugar Board said on Tuesday.

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In the 2007/08 crop, Thailand produced 7.82 million tonnes, it said.

"Sugar production did not fall significantly as we expected earlier. It is because of better yields that helped offset falls in cane production," a senior official at the Cane and Sugar Board told Reuters.

In the 2008/09 crop, Thailand produced 66.4 million tonnes of cane, down 9.4 percent from 73.3 million tonnes in the 2007/08 crop, he said. Crushing usually starts in late November and runs through to April.

Sugar production at the end of the crushing season in tonnes, compared with the same period last season:

GRADE                    2007/08         2008/09
Raw sugar           4,567,382       4,319,790
White sugar         3,248,690       2,816,426
Total                      7,816,072       7,136,216



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