date:Feb 26, 2016
reduced yields and deteriorated cane quality, Montri Vissanupornprasit, secretary general of the North Eastern Sugar Cane Planters Federation, says by phone from Nakhon Ratchasima province. Cane crushing this year may end about two weeks earlier than last year, possibly cutting overall output to as low as 95 million tons.
The global sugar deficit will total 6.5 million tons in 2015-16, up from a previous estimate of 5.2 million tons, as the outlook for production in Thailand and India deteriora