date:Oct 12, 2012
set to drop to 23.8 million tons from a previous forecast of 24.4 million tons because of dry weather, Macquarie estimates. That compares with 26 million tons a year earlier. The lack of rainfall in Thailand, the second-biggest exporter, will cut production to 9.8 million tons from 10.3 million tons last year, the bank said. EU output will be 17 million tons compared with 18.2 million tons in 2011-12.
Ethanol Shift
A potential shift to ethanol from sugar in Brazil, the largest producer of the