FAS Quito forecasts Ecuador’s total sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2014/15 at 615,000 metric tons (MT), up 38,000 MT or 6.5 percent from the MY 2013/14 estimate. Our MY 2014/15 forecast is subject to no major production disruptions induced by an El Niño event commencing in the third quarter of 2014. FAS Quito forecasts total consumption in MY 2014/15 at 604,000 MT, up 5,000 MT or 1 percent compared to the MY 2013/14 estimate of 599,000 MT. We forecasts sugar exports in MY 2014/15 at 13,000 MT, up 1,000 MT or 8 percent compared to the MY 2013/14 estimate of 12,000 MT.
