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Business/Industry
( Sugar
and Ethanol ) Sugar
Sugar
is mostly produced from sugarcane in most parts of world
although in some parts of world sugar is also produced from
sugerbeet. Brazil is biggest produces of sugar in world.
Sugar
found its use as a sweetener and as a food addictive.
Business
wise sugar industry is a cyclical industry and world over is
traded on most commodity exchanges, Its the demand supply balance
which decides the sugar price and currently demand supply
balance is in the favor of demand where supply is more than
demand which leads to a consistent fall of sugar prices and
with more production capacities coming up all over world the
prices are not expected to recover soon.
Ethanol
Ethanol
is normally produced from sugarcane, corn and sugerbeet and is
used in various industries worldwide. In some countries ethanol
is produced as byproduct during sugar manufacturing.
Ethanol
is most talked about in recent times due to its use as possible
replacement of oil and in many countries it is already blended
in oil and used as fuel for motor vehicles. Ethanol prices go
up or down with sugar prices because most manufactures in
world has capability to switch from sugar to ethanol according
to market demand and thereby keeping ethanol prices in check.
Higher oil prices usually create higher demand for ethanol and
if oil prices don't come down from their highs then demand for
ethanol will certainly rise and will push its price up..

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