A giant in the world of sugar, Thailand is currently the largest sugar-producing nation in the world. In 2006 it produced thirty million tonnes of sugar, which made up 20% of the world’s total sugar production. Of those 30 million tonnes of sugar, Thailand exported 17.7 million tonnes of sugar to other nations, which comprised almost 40% of the sugar trade in the world that year. So powerful is Thailand when it comes to sugar that fluctuations of sugar production in Thailand alone can affect world sugar prices substantially, and should Thailand choose to do so, some say that it could be possible for Thailand to swamp the world market with cheap sugar. Though this is unlikely for many reasons, it has happened that in the past high levels of sugar production in Thailand resulted in a significant tumble in world sugar prices. In 2002, for instance, Thailand’s bumper sugar crop sent world prices plummeting to below five cents per pound.
SUGAR AVAILABLE IN CONTAINERS, BREAK BULK IN BAGS AND BULK.
Vessels: Sugar in containers 20
Icumsa 45 – 100 – 150
Max. 26 m/tons
package: Polybags 50 kilos
520 polybags per unit
Sugar Icumsa 45 – 100 and 150
In Break Bulk vessel
Package: polybags 50 kilos
Vessel Qty:
12.500 m/tons
25.000 m/tons
50.000 m/tons
Raw sugar – Icumsa 800 – 1200 Bulk cargo
Only in bulk vessel
Vessel Qty:
12.500 m/tons
25.000 m/tons
50.000 m/tons
Raw sugar in containers 20
Only in big bags 1 m/ton or 2 m/tons
Max. wheight 20 m/tons with 20 big bags per unit