The trend established since the mid-1970s of stagnating developed country demand and growing developing country demand will continue. Developing countries will increasingly dominate the import market and world sugar consumption. As has been the case since the mid-1980s, this is likely to bring more stability to the world sugar price because developing countries are more price sensitive and adjust the quantity they purchase to the pertaining price conditions. More price stability will vastly improve the ability of producers to plan their investments to keep pace with demand growth, which in turn will feed back into increased stability.
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