To revitalise its sugar industry, Guyana will be sourcing support from Guatemala’s sector, according to local press reports.
Pyrrhic victory for Brazil et al as India loses sugar subsidies dispute at WTO [Full subscriber]
India lost the dispute over providing excessive domestic support and export subsidies for sugar and sugarcane at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The dispute settlement panel ruled against the country on a complaint that Brazil, Australia, and Guatemala had filed. The announcement of the ruling was made on 14 December.
India loses dispute at WTO over sugar subsidies brought by Brazil, Australia and Guatemala [Full subscriber]
India has lost the dispute over its subsidies on sugar exports at the World Trade Organization (WTO), brought by Brazil, Australia and Guatemala, Valor Economic reported.
Guatemala – Sugar millers cogenerate 30% of the electrical power consumed nationally [Full subscriber]
Sugar mills contributed 30% of the electrical power consumed in Guatemala during the 2020/21 (Nov-May) campaign, according to local press reports.
Guatemala – Cogen output from sugar mills forecast to rise by 37% during the 2020/21 campaign [Full subscriber]
With the 2020-2021 campaign (November-May) commenced, the sugar mills are set to cogenerate 2,600-gigawatt hours (GWh) – some 37% more than during the previous campaign, according to local press reports.
WTO’s ruling on India’s sugar subsidy case delayed until Q2 2021 [Full subscriber]
The dispute settlement panel of the World Trade Organisation is unlikely to come out with its report on a case against India’s support measures for the sugar sector before the second quarter of 2021 on account of “complex procedural and factual nature of the disputes”, the WTO said in a press release on 29th April.
India rejects claims of sugar subsidies and blocks request for WTO panel [Full subscriber]
India has blocked requests from Australia, Brazil and Guatemala at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for setting up of dispute panels against its subsidies for sugar and sugarcane.
Guatemala – La Union wins the national award for operational excellence of its sugar mill
The sugar producer Ingenio La Unión was conferred the winner of the Ricardo Castillo Sinibaldi Productivity and Competitiveness Award during a ceremony on 5th December ’18 in the Guatemala City. The award is presented annually by the Technical Institute for Training and Productivity (Intecap).
The Guatemalan sugar industry set to pursue achievable economic, environment and social development goals by 2025
The Sugar Association of Guatemala (“ASAZGUA”), comprising country’s 11 sugar mills, in collaboration with partner organizations announced in July a clear strategy via its Sugar for Good campaign, which pledges to meet nine sustainability commitments by 2025 with five directly aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Guatemala triples exports of sugar to Canada [Registered]
Between 2015 and 2016 the export value of raw sugar from Guatemala fell by 4%, falling from US$ 849 million in 2015 to US$ 814 million in 2016. The volume sold decreased by 3% from 2.1 million of tons in 2015 to 2 million tons in 2016.
Monthly Snapshot
Raw sugar for March delivery settled at 19.82 cents/pound on January 18 after reaching a two-and-a-half-week high earlier in the session at 20.25 cents. The white sugar contract expiring in […]
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