Brownsugarexporter.com - World sugar trade patterns are
influenced by the patterns of production and consumption relating to various
aspects such as the characteristics of sugar, sugar availability, consumer
choice, government policies and technological sugar.
Sugar
crystals are sweetening the world's most widely consumed because most
fulfilling human predilection would taste sweet. Usefulness varies mainly as
seasoning, raw materials for the food industry, providing a more attractive
appearance for the food, beverage sweeteners, food preservatives as well as
fermentation material. Crystal sugar sweeten foods and beverages without
affecting the original taste of food and beverages, easily packed and
transported, easily stored and not easily rot or become stale.
Characteristics
of sugar crystals sugar has placed as the most preferred sweetener that could
replace the role of all kinds of other sweeteners such as honey, sweet fruits
like coconut sap and juice, palm sugar, indigo and other maple. The development
of technology has been able to create a sugar substitute that is made from raw
materials other than cane or beet sugar such as corn (high fructose corn
syrup), saccharin and aspartame. However, sugar cane and sugar beet still a
type of sugar that is most widely consumed in the world.
Making
sugar cane is one of the oldest industries in the world and the only type of
industry the most influence on the socio-economic aspects in many sugar
producing countries. In terms of its long history, the sugar industry has
become part of the culture so that on the one hand has caused the local
community dependence on the sugar industry. From the economic side is not much
choice for those who rely on a cane to obtain other employment and income
equivalent. As a result, the government has become a tradition to preserve its
sugar industry by implementing protective trade policies.
All
countries consume sugar crystals but not all countries producing or exporting
sugar. Sugar exporting countries amounted to approximately 75 countries, while
the importing countries 196 countries. Results preferred sugar production to
meet domestic demand and the adequacy of each state is always seeking sugar
stock in the country. Role as an exporter or importer for some countries are always
changing depending on the influence of climate change and the ability of each
government's wisdom in dealing with the world sugar situation. Despite the ever
volatile world prices but these days tend to be more stable due to a more
balanced world supply with demand and the adequacy of the stock of sugar in
many countries.
The USDA
said world production estimates for the sugar year 2011-2012 reached 168.5
million metric tons of raw sugar equivalent while consumption reached 162
million, imports and exports of 48.8 million 55.7 million. (BD)
Source
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JH
Galloway_Sugar_World History of Food
USDA
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