WASDE-374-14 
                      U.S. Sugar Supply and Use 1/ 
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                        :           :       2000/01      :  2001/02 
      Item              :  1999/00  :     Estimates      :Projections 
                        :           :   April      May   :     May 
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                        :           1,000 short tons, raw value 
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Beginning stocks 2/     :   1,639       2,219     2,219       1,946 
Production 2/3/         :   9,042       8,490     8,499       8,435 
  Beet sugar            :   4,976       4,420     4,420       4,250 
  Cane sugar 4/         :   4,065       4,070     4,079       4,185 
Imports 2/              :   1,636       1,723     1,698          NA 
  TRQ 5/                :   1,124       1,275     1,245          NA 
  Other 6/              :     512         448       453         390 
   Total supply         :  12,317      12,432    12,416          NA 
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Exports 2/7/            :     124         125       125         125 
Domestic deliveries 2/  :  10,111      10,345    10,345      10,440 
  Domestic food use     :   9,993      10,225    10,225      10,320 
  Other 8/              :     118         120       120         120 
Miscellaneous 9/        :    (137)          0         0           0 
     Use, total         :  10,098      10,470    10,470      10,565 
Ending stocks 2/        :   2,219       1,962     1,946          NA 
  Private               :   1,922       1,169     1,153          NA 
  CCC 10/               :     297         793       793         793 
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Stocks to use ratio     :    22.0        18.7      18.6          NA 
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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 2001/02 are based on analyses by 
the Interagency Commodity Estimates Committee for sugar. 4/ Production 
by state for 2000/01 (projected 2001/02): FL 2,054 (2,060); HI 240 
(270); LA 1,570 (1,675); TX 200 (165); PR 15 (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 TRQs assume 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, for nonedible 
alcohol, and feed.  9/ For 1999/2000, includes residual statistical 
discrepancies.  10/ For 2000/01 and 2001/02, includes only sugar owned 
by the Commodity Credit Corporation, as of May 8, 2001.  Season-ending 
CCC stocks will be a function of market and program developments.