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  • July 29, 2026

USDA Revises Down US Ending Sugar Stocks

Insight Focus The USDA revised sugar market stocks lower due to report...

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  • July 28, 2026

Consumption Falls in Brazil Amid High Interest Rates, GLP-1

Insight Focus Major supermarket chains and financial institutions repo...

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  • July 27, 2026

How GLP-1 Drugs Are Changing Food Products

Insight Focus In our last update, we reported that GLP-1 uptake was ac...

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A green tractor unloads chopped sugar cane from a large trailer into a metal container, with a mountain and field in the background.
  • July 22, 2026

Higher Sugar Content Offsets Slow Start to Queensland Harvest

Insight Focus Harvest progress improved as drier weather returned. Ear...

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  • July 21, 2026

US Sugar Prices Gain on Tight Supply, Tariff Support

Insight Focus US sugar prices strengthen on supply concerns. Tight inv...

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  • July 14, 2026

US Sugar Market Awaits USTR Tariff Decision

Insight Focus US Cash sugar prices were unchanged this week. Buyers re...

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  • July 9, 2026

US Sugar Market Watches Tariffs as Beet Acreage Falls

Insight Focus  Tariff risks and lower beet acreage keep buyers ca...

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  • July 8, 2026

Signs Emerge of a Deficit Sugar Market in 2026/27

Insight Focus  The 2026/27 world sugar balance has tightened slig...

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  • July 3, 2026

CS Brazil 2026/27 – Have We Reached the Floor for Ethanol Prices?

Insight Focus  Drivers need to shift consumption to ethanol,...

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  • July 2, 2026

July Brings More GLP-1 Access

Insight Focus GLP-1 drugs are becoming easier to access in the UK, Fra...

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  • July 1, 2026

US Sugar Market Awaits USTR Ruling as Crop Risks Mount

Insight Focus The US sugar market awaits key policy decisions. Buyers ...

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  • June 25, 2026

US Sugar Trade Slows Despite Duty Concerns

Insight Focus US sugar market remains quiet, prices unchanged. Buyers ...

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  • August 25, 2022

Raw Sugar & White Sugar

Raw sugar is the form sugar takes after the first processing stage of ...

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  • July 20, 2022

How Does a Re-Export Sugar Refinery Work?

Re-export refiners play a crucial role in the global sugar market as i...

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  • June 23, 2022

Physical Differentials

Sugar and other commodity prices, typically quoted as physical values,...

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  • June 14, 2022

Como é calculado o Preço do kg de ATR pelo Consecana?

O Consecana é a associação que tem como objetivo garantir o bom rel...

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  • April 16, 2021

Czapp Explains: The Australian Sugar Industry

Australia is one of the top raw sugar suppliers in the world, typicall...

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  • April 16, 2021

Czapp Explains: The Japanese Sugar Industry

Japan is a sugar market outlier; of all the developed nations in the w...

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  • April 16, 2021

Czapp Explains: The Chinese Sugar Industry

China is one the world’s largest sugar consumers, and also one of th...

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  • April 16, 2021

Czapp Explains: The South Korean Sugar Industry

South Korea doesn’t produce any of its own cane or beet sugar; inste...

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  • April 16, 2021

Czapp Explains: The Philippines’ Sugar Industry

The Philippines usually produces around 2.2m tonnes of sugar each year...

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  • April 15, 2021

Czapp Explains: Thailand’s Raw Sugar Industry

Thailand is one of the world’s largest raw sugar exporters and an es...

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  • April 15, 2021

Czapp Explains: Thailand’s White Sugar Industry

Thailand is a major white sugar producer and exporter. Thailand makes ...

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  • April 15, 2021

Czapp Explains: The Indonesian Sugar Industry

Indonesia is one of the world’s largest sugar consumers and raw suga...

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