date:Oct 13, 2015
The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates on Oct. 9 forecast U.S. sugar carryover on Oct. 1, 2016, at 1,736,000 short tons, raw value, up 88,000 tons, or 5%, from September and up 39,000 tons, or 2%, from the current year. Carryover on Oct. 1, 2015, was estimated at 1,697,000 short tons, down 33,000 tons, or 2%, from 1,730,000 tons estimated in September.
The 2015-16 ending stocks-to-use ratio was projected at 14.3%, up from 13.5% projected in Sept