The world sugar economy returned a deficit in 2021, after three years of surplus. World output fell short of global use by 3.312 mln tonnes.
World production during 2021 fell by 4.164 mln tonnes to 165.167 mln tonnes, a third year of decline. Global beet sugar production totalled 34.204 mln tonnes, down 0.191 mln tonnes from a revised 2020 total, while cane sugar production declined to 130.964 mln tonnes, down 3.972 mln tonnes.
World consumption rose in 2021, following three years of decline, to 168.479 mln tonnes, up 0.155 mln tonnes. World average per capita consumption in 2021 fell to 21.4 kg, down 0.2 kg from the previous year and lower than the 2016 high of 23.0 kg.
Sugar prices rose in the final quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021, in line with other commodities, but rose more strongly mid-year before falling back in the final quarter of 2021, to return a 34% rise in the FAO food index sub-category, compared to a 23% increase overall.
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