date:Oct 12, 2012
shipping agency.
Ships headed to China are set to take about 11 percent, or 245,000 tons, of all the sugar waiting at the ports, the data showed. Vessels bound to Malaysia will take 218,000 tons and shipments scheduled for India, the worlds second-biggest producer and largest consumer, totaled 199,000 tons.
India is importing for its refining business and potentially for domestic consumption after dry weather cut output. Sugar production there will be 23.5 million tons in the 2012-13 season st