Brazil has the highest export volume of sugar of any country, at about 35.97 million metric tons as of 2023/2024. The second largest sugar exporter, Thailand, had significantly less export volume compared to Brazil, at about 10 million metric tons of sugar that year.
Between 2010 and 2023, global sugar consumption has increased by over million metric tons, from 156 million metric tons to around 176 million metric tons. The top three countries by sugar consumption in 2022/2023 were India, the European Union, and China, in that order. Though China has a larger population than India, India consumed about 12.5 million metric tons more sugar than China in that year.
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US Department of Agriculture. (May 15, 2024). Principal sugar exporting countries in 2023/2024 (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/273437/exported-amount-of-sugar-in-leading-countries/
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US Department of Agriculture. (2024). Principal sugar exporting countries in 2023/2024 (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/273437/exported-amount-of-sugar-in-leading-countries/
US Department of Agriculture. "Principal Sugar Exporting Countries in 2023/2024 (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/273437/exported-amount-of-sugar-in-leading-countries/
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Principal sugar exporting countries in 2023/2024 (in million metric tons) [Graph], US Department of Agriculture, May 15, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/273437/exported-amount-of-sugar-in-leading-countries/