Sugar production in THAILAND
Sugar is Commodity goods with the movement of the price based on world market price. By now, THAILAND have sugar factory more over 40 place, which distribution in area of sugarcane farming ,THAILAND production sugar approximately 80 sack per year, Thai people consume sugar around 30 kg/person/year in November-December, 2012 amount of domestic sugar consumption are 450, 621.70 tons while consumption abroad is between 10-70 kg/person/year in overall since January-December total in the years 2012 it over two million tons. Increased 4%.
In 2011-2012 sugar factory in THAILAND over 46 factory, have been stopped production of raw sugar, but there are some factories have taken raw sugar for melt and turn it into a white refined sugar in 2012-2013 there are 2 sugar factory open new in THAILAND, and have quantity of sugar produced from January – December 2012 total 9966 655.68 tons in this number have raw sugar4,923,697.70 tons, or 49% of the overall produced sugar
THAILAND is a number 1 of exporters sugar cane and sugar in ASEAN.THAILAND have been exported to countries in the ASEAN about 2.73 million tons in the year 2011 while the market demand for imports approximately 2.9 million tons a year. When AEC is launch it will be opportunity of THAILAND to expand market in this region. But THAILAND need to improve the quality of product and to reduce costs in production process that will make THAILAND can competition with the countries in ASEAN.