The international sugar industry

This paper examines developments in sugar production, processing and marketing in recent years which have contributed to basic changes in the pattern of production and trade. It discusses conditions in the major preferential markets and likely developments in non-quota markets. Technological developments and prospects in allied and substitute industries are also reviewed. The paper then identifies some of the policy issues which impinge on the performance of national sugar industries and concludes with a proposed approach to the issue of determining sugar sector strategy for developing country producers and exporters.