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U.S. Outlook Summary 2
Mexico Outlook 9
Special Article: Last Texas Sugar Factory Closes After 51 Years 21
Table 1. U.S. sugar supply and use by fiscal year (October-September), March 2024 3
Table 2. U.S. beet sugar production, 2022/23-2023/24 4
Table 3. Comparison of forecast of imports from Mexico in the WASDE and U.S. Needs calculation by the U.S. Department of Commerce, 2022/23 and 2023/24 8
Table 4. Mexico's sugar supply and use by fiscal year (October-September), March 2024 9
Table 5. Mexico's sugar production as of week 22, fiscal years 2019/20, 2022/23, 2023/24, and 5-year average 10
Table 6. Mexico's sugar production, 2017/18-2023/24 11
Table 7. Cumulative countries' reported sugar exports to Mexico, October 2023-February 2024, as of March 12, 2024 20
Figure 1. U.S. production of beet cane sugar, by fiscal year, 2002/03-2023/24 5
Figure 2. U.S. sugar imports by type, fiscal year 2012/13-2023/24 6
Figure 3. U.S. imports from Mexico, 2007/08-2023/24 7
Figure 4. Mexico's sugar production by fiscal year, 1999/00-2023/24 10
Figure 5. Mexico's area harvested for sugarcane, 2001/02-2023/24 12
Figure 6. Mexico's production of low polarity sugar with respect to other types, through week 22, by region, 2017/18-2023/24 14
Figure 7. Mexico's sugar production by type of sugar, 2017/18-2023/24 15
Figure 8. Share of Mexico's sugar production by type of sugar to total, 2017/18-2023/24 15
Figure 9/Figure 8. Mexico's cumulative production of low polarity sugar, by week, 2017/18-2023/24 16
Figure 10. Mexico's sugar exports by destination, 2007/08-2023/24 17
Figure 11. Mexico's sugar consumption, monthly, 2017/18-2023/24 18
Figure 12. Mexico's total sugar imports, by fiscal year, 2009/10-2023/24 18
Figure 13. Mexico's imports of sugar, by month, 2018/19-2023/24 19
Figure 14. Texas total sugarcane area and sugar production, 1981/82-2023/24 22