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USDA: U.S. Sugar Supply and Use
April 11, 2001
 
WASDE-373-14 
                      U.S. Sugar Supply and Use 1/ 
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                        :          :           :  2000/01 Projections 
      Item              :  1998/99 :  1999/00  :====================== 
                        :          :  Estimate :    March     April 
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                        :           1,000 short tons, raw value 
                    : 
Beginning stocks 2/     :   1,679       1,639       2,219     2,219 
Production 2/3/         :   8,374       9,042       8,540     8,490 
  Beet sugar            :   4,423       4,976       4,370     4,420 
  Cane sugar 4/         :   3,951       4,065       4,170     4,070 
Imports 2/              :   1,824       1,636       1,723     1,723 
  TRQ 5/                :   1,256       1,124       1,275     1,275 
  Other 6/              :     568         512         448       448 
   Total supply         :  11,877      12,316      12,482    12,432 
                        : 
Exports 2/7/            :     230         124         125       125 
Domestic deliveries 2/  :  10,066      10,111      10,345    10,345 
  Domestic food use     :   9,872       9,993      10,225    10,225 
  Other 8/              :     194         118         120       120 
Miscellaneous 9/        :     (58)       (137)          0         0 
   Total use            :  10,238      10,098      10,470    10,470 
Ending stocks 2/        :   1,639       2,219       2,012     1,962 
  Private               :   1,639       1,922       1,219     1,169 
  CCC 10/               :       0         297         793       793 
                        : 
Stocks to use ratio     :    16.0        22.0        19.2      18.7 
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1/ Fiscal years beginning Oct 1.  Includes Puerto Rico.  2/ 
Historical data are from FSA, "Sweetener Market Data" except imports 
from U.S. Customs Service.  3/ Projections for 2000/01 are based on 
analyses by the Interagency Commodity Estimates Committee for sugar. 
4/ Production by state for 1999/2000 (projected 2000/01): FL 1,976 
(2,030); HI 318 (265); LA 1,662 (1,570); TX 105 (190); PR 4 (15). 
5/ Actual arrivals under the tariff rate quota (TRQ) with late 
entries, early entries, and TRQ overfills assigned to the fiscal year 
in which they actually arrived.  The 2000/01 available TRQ assumes 
shortfall of 65,000 tons.  6/ Quota exempt imports (for reexport, for 
polyhydric alcohol, sugar syrup under USHTS 1702904000, and high-duty). 
7/ Mostly reexports.  8/ Transfer to sugar containing products for 
reexport and for nonedible alcohol and feed.  9/ For 1998/99 and 
1999/2000, includes residual statistical discrepancies.  10/ For 
2000/01, includes only sugar owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation 
as of April 6, 2001. Season-ending CCC stocks will be a function of 
market and program developments.