Sugar & Confectionery – Trade & Market Updates

Kenya bars local millers from importing sugar as domestic output doubles, with officials urging timely farmer payments and modernized cane production.

Higher cane deliveries and government reforms are driving Kenya’s sugar industry recovery, strengthening plans to achieve self-sufficiency and expand sugar exports.

Mars Wrigley will eliminate 307 jobs as it relocates its headquarters to Chicago while maintaining manufacturing operations and investments in New Jersey.

The increased allocation is expected to support food manufacturers with improved sugar supplies under a reduced 10% import duty for the next 12 months.

Higher US sugar imports are expected to boost Mexican producer revenues, strengthen regional trade, and improve returns for approximately 170,000 sugarcane farmers.