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  2. History of sugar - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom Beetroot Sugar Association was established in 1832 but efforts to establish sugar beet in the UK were not very successful. Sugar beets provided approximately 2/3 of world sugar production in 1899. 46% of British sugar came from Germany and Austria. Sugar prices in Britain collapsed towards the end of the 19th century.

  3. Brazilian sugar cycle - Wikipedia

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    A sugar mill in colonial Pernambuco, by Dutch painter Frans Post (17th century). The Brazilian sugar cycle, also referred to as the sugar boom or sugarcane cycle, was a period in the history of colonial Brazil from the mid-16th century to the mid-18th century. Sugar represented Brazil's first great agricultural and industrial wealth and, for a ...

  4. Sugar - Wikipedia

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    Sugar cane accounted for around 21% of the global crop production over the 2000–2021 period. The Americas was the leading region in the production of sugar cane (52% of the world total). [86] Global production of sugarcane in 2020 was 1.9 billion tonnes, with Brazil producing 40% of the world total and India 20% (table).

  5. Sugarcane - Wikipedia

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    Grown in tropical and subtropical regions, sugarcane is the world's largest crop by production quantity, totalling 1.9 billion tonnes in 2020, with Brazil accounting for 40% of the world total. Sugarcane accounts for 79% of sugar produced globally (most of the rest is made from sugar beets ).

  6. Sugar industry - Wikipedia

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    Several countries subsidize sugar. [1] Globally in 2018, around 185 million tons of sugar was produced, led by India with 35.9 million tons, followed by Brazil and Thailand. [2] There are more than 123 sugar-producing countries, but only 30% of the produce is traded on the international market.

  7. Food history - Wikipedia

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    Later, Indians found the technique to crystallize the sweet liquid. This technique then spread towards the neighbouring countries of India. [38] The Spanish and Portuguese empires provided sugar for Europe by the late seventeenth century from New World plantations. Brazil became the dominant sugar producer. [39] [40]

  8. Brazil sugar producers report impact from fires in Sao Paulo ...

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    SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Two of the largest sugar and ethanol producers in Brazil late on Monday disclosed initial estimates of damages from fires that have burned sugarcane fields in the country's ...

  9. List of sugar refineries - Wikipedia

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    Sugar Factories, commonly abbreviated as PG partikulir and state-owned in Indonesia began to emerge after the start of the era of liberalism during the Dutch East Indies colonial period (1870), with the introduction of Land Lease Rights for use for 70 years.