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Since the first book published by Woodhead on the global sugar
business (The international sugar trade) was released in 1996, the
world sugar market has undergone fundamental change. Over the past
decade the industry s key economic and policy drivers have created
a new regional distribution of sugar production that has had an
enormous impact on the price finding process as well as changing
the type of sugar on offer to the world market. Brazil has become a
dominant supplier whilst Cuba s production has collapsed to the pre
World War One level; Russia has become the world s greatest
importer and structural surpluses have seen stocks rise to historic
highs and the world price fall to a level below the production
costs of some of the most competitive exporters.
The world sugar market focuses on these changes by identifying,
describing and assessing the key industry drivers and their future
potential impact on the market. Part one provides an overview -
covering the history of sugar production and consumption,
cultivation of beet and cane and the current state of the market
for sugar and alternative sweeteners. Part two focuses on
identifying, describing and assessing the key market drivers, both
economic and political, on sugar demand. Part is devoted to a
similar analysis of sugar supply, whilst part four covers the
future for the sugar markets.
The world sugar market is aimed at a wide audience from the sugar
specialist looking for in-depth information on a specific topic to
the newcomer needing to gain an overview of the current
state-of-play and future for the world sugar market. The book is
published in collaboration with the International Sugar
Organization whose statistics and studies are used extensively
throughout.
Provides a comprehensive overview of this complex and rapidly
changing businessWritten by three of the world s leading
authorities on the global sugar industry and its economicsIncludes
data from the International sugar Organization"
One of the key issues that faces Cuban policymakers today, and will
continue to face them, is what steps to take in order to ensure the
future of the sugar industry. In 2002, nearly one-half of the
country's cultivated land was occupied by the 156 fully functional
sugar mills, more than a dozen plants and refineries, and the
complex transportation infrastructure brought about by the
commerce. The loss of preferential markets for Cuban sugar that
arose from the demise of the international socialist community
constitutes a crisis that the Cuban government has only begun to
address, with a radical restructuring plan that would foresee the
reduction of sugar land and the elimination of about 100,000 jobs,
for increased economic emphasis on tourism. The radical premise of
this volume is that there is a future in the twenty-first century
for a reinvented Cuban sugar agroindustry, responsive to market
signals, organized around smaller and more agile production units,
producing raw sugar as well as high value-added outputs, and using
some of the facilities to produce ethanol and generate electricity.
The editors have asked over a dozen recognized world experts on
Cuban agroindustry to analyze specific topics and make
recommendations that would not only reinvent an industry for
effective transition to a free-market environment but that has the
potential to reinvigorate the Cuban economy, providing employment
opportunities and generating wealth for generations of Cubans to
come.
One of the key issues that faces Cuban policymakers today, and will
continue to face them, is what steps to take in order to ensure the
future of the sugar industry. In 2002, nearly one-half of the
country's cultivated land was occupied by the 156 fully functional
sugar mills, more than a dozen plants and refineries, and the
complex transportation infrastructure brought about by the
commerce. The loss of preferential markets for Cuban sugar that
arose from the demise of the international socialist community
constitutes a crisis that the Cuban government has only begun to
address, with a radical restructuring plan that would foresee the
reduction of sugar land and the elimination of about 100,000 jobs,
for increased economic emphasis on tourism. The radical premise of
this volume is that there is a future in the twenty-first century
for a reinvented Cuban sugar agroindustry, responsive to market
signals, organized around smaller and more agile production units,
producing raw sugar as well as high value-added outputs, and using
some of the facilities to produce ethanol and generate electricity.
The editors have asked over a dozen recognized world experts on
Cuban agroindustry to analyze specific topics and make
recommendations that would not only reinvent an industry for
effective transition to a free-market environment but that has the
potential to reinvigorate the Cuban economy, providing employment
opportunities and generating wealth for generations of Cubans to
come.
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