WORLD SUGAR PRODUCTION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 5, 7 January 1937, Page 4

WORLD SUGAR PRODUCTION.

. The world production of cane sugdr reached a peak of 10,900,000 tons in .1929-30,- but has declined during recent years to about 14,000,000 tons in 1934-35, India displacing Cuba as the: leading prod««r. ; -The- ; Cuban output fell until 1932 ; 33, but has . since, recovered appreciablj;. Production in Java iri 1935-36 was i?J?^„? nc " fiftli:of - lhe <l»ni'tity. recorded in M 930-31. and the Philippines, Formosa, .Hawaii, Brazil,' and Porto llico are now all; more important, although in 1930-31 •lava was die second largest producer. According to the-Imperial Economic Committees brochure, production; in .China.has recently -..been estimated to be noarlv' :400,000jtpus a year. Besides India, certain .other Empire countries have - increased their production, and the Empire ■ now contributes more than one-third of the world supplies of cane sugar. ;\fter falling from 10,000,009 tons in 1930-31 to 7,000,000 m 1932-33, the world production of beet sugar recovered to 8,759,000 tons in 1935-30, in which year 11 large increase in production enabled Kussin to displace Gcrmanv as the largest producer. Only about 5 per cent of the world supplies of beet sugar are produced in Empire countries.