Raw Sugar
There are several types of raw sugar currently available on the market.. By far the most common of these, a raw sugar traded globally in large quantities (over twenty million tons every year) is VHP raw sugar. VHP raw sugar is a Brazilian invention that revolutionized the global sugar trade in the early 90’s […]

Brazilian Sugar
Brazilian sugar is the most plentiful sugar in the world, due to the fact that Brazil is the largest producer of sugar in the world. Every year Brazil produces up to thirty million tons of sugar, much of which is sold offshore. The majority of Brazilian sugar is VHP raw sugar, which is almost […]

Buyer Beware – Getting Caught In a Sugar Scam
When I was new to sugar trading, I had an unpleasant experience that I will share with you all now in order to perhaps help you in your own sugar buying endeavors. It involves being caught out in an attempted sugar scam involving large amounts of Brazilian […]

Sugar From Thailand
In 2008, Thailand is set to export 5.8 million tons of sugar out of a total production of almost 7.8 million tons. Along with Brazil and India, Thailand’s sugar business is booming in spite of the fact that world sugar prices are down and an 11 million ton surplus is being forecast for […]

Brazil is the world’s largest grower of sugar cane. It is estimated that in 2008 alone, Brazil will grow over 300 million tons of sugar cane. Brazil takes sugar cane very seriously indeed, and has poured many millions of dollars into research and development for better and higher sucrose strains of sugar cane. In 1999, […]

The following are commonly used types of shipping container which can be utilizied in the transportation of sugar.
Standard Container
The standard shipping container is a closed container which may have doors at one side, at one end, or at both ends in various combinations. Standard containers come in two main sizes, 20′ and 40′. The maximum […]

When ordering sugar, the price depends on many factors. I will list them in the order of importance:
1.) Current / forecasted sugar supply and demand is the most important factor. In the past (years 1625 - 1750) sugar prices have been as high or sometimes higher than equal weight in gold. Luckily those days are […]

A fragmented giant, the Indian sugar cane industry has been vying with Brazil for the top spot for much of the last decade. In 2006, India produced around nineteen million tonnes of sugar, coming second only to Brazil, and making up ten percent of the global sugar supply with its exports.
In India, sugar is big […]