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Major Importers & Exporters of Sugar in 2016 Major Producers of Sugar in 2016

(1000 Metric Tons) (1000 Metric Tons)

Export Import Country Quantity* Country Quantity*
Brazil
Country Quantity* Country Quantity* India 34,650 USA 8,155
European Union
Brazil 24,350 China 6,000 Thailand 27,530 Mexico 6,484
China
Thailand 7,800 Indonesia 3,605 14,280 Pakistan 5,265

Australia 3,700 USA 3,031 9,743 Russia 5,200

India 3,000 European Union 3,000 8,830 Australia 4,900

Guatemala 2,255 UAE 2,460 * Estimate

European Union 1,500 Bangladesh 2,284 Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Mexico 1,280 Malaysia 2,009

Colombia 600 South Korea 1,871

Pakistan 275 Algeria 1,850

Argentina 230 Nigeria 1,470

* Estimate

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Events in Brazil and China
affect the sugar market as
Sugar Brazil is the world’s largest

800 January producer of sugar, and
February China is the third largest
L 700 producer; magnified by the
March fact that it has the second
600 April largest economy in the world
May and the largest population.
O 500 June
July
400 August
September
T 300 October
November
200 December

S 100

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Months (January 2017 - December 2017)

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