Guatemalan sugar production for Marketing Year (MY) 2014-2015 (October 2014 to September 2015) is forecast at 2.9 million metric tons (MMT). Production for MY 2013-2014 has been revised up, also to 2.9 MMT, nine percent above from the previous estimate, and is a record high, for the second consecutive year. Production for MY 2012-2013 has been revised up to 2.8 MMT, six percent above latest estimate. Total exports for MY 2014-2015 are forecast at 2.0 MMT. Guatemala, during MY 2012-2013, positioned itself as the fourth major producer and second biggest exporter in Latin American and the Caribbean, fourth major exporter worldwide, third most competitive (12.2 MT/Ha ofsugar), and first most efficient at port loading in the global sugar industry.
