date:Aug 13, 2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its Aug. 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates projected U.S. sugar carryover on Oct. 1, 2014, at 2,025,000 short tons, raw value, up 12,000 tons, or less than 1%, from its July projection but down 284,000 tons, or 12%, from 2,309,000 tons forecast for Oct. 1, 2013, which was raised 90,000 tons, or 4%, from the July forecast.
The 2013-14 ending stocks-to-use ratio was projected at 16.9%, up slightly from 16.8% as the July projection and compared