date:Mar 16, 2016
ecast for the world 2015-16 sugar deficit to 7.2m tonnes, up from an earlier forecast of 6.5m tonnes.
Last month the International Sugar Organisation raised its forecast by 1.5m tonnes to 5.0m tonnes.
And Datagro lifted its forecast to 4.37m tonnes, from 3.87m tonnes.
FC Stone in February lifted its forecast to 7.0m tonnes from 5.6m tonnes.
Eyes on Brazil
The 2015-16 crop year in key northern hemisphere producers, such as India and Thailand, runs until late in 2015.
But in Brazil, the worl