Brazilian Sugar Mills
The most advanced sugar mills in the world, Brazilian sugar mills are leaders in sugar production technology. Producing vast amounts of VHP raw sugar every year, (over 35 million tons is forecast for 2008) as well as lesser quantities of ICUMSA 150 and still smaller quantities of ICUMSA 45, Brazilian sugar mills have […]

Brazilian Sugar Export
Brazil is the world leader in sugar exports, a position it has held for several decades, and one that it does not seem to be relinquishing any time soon. In fact, Brazil’s sugar exports are increasing yearly, and Brazil is set to export over 20 million tons of sugar in 2008, more than […]

Molasses Sugar 
A by product of the sugar refining process, molasses has been a sought after product in its own right for many decades. This dark brown thick, highly viscous and sweet liquid which can be used as animal feed, as a base material for alcohol production, Rum especially, or in baking.
There are different types of […]

High Seas Trading - what is it?
In short High Sea sale is when the cargo is already loaded on a ship and sailing on the high seas (international waters, under no jurisdiction) without actually being sold to the final buyer yet. Seller is looking for a buyer, while shipmenet is on the way. Once the […]

The production of sugar is in full swing in Brazil between April and December each year. The availability of Icumsa 150 is plentiful, but Icumsa 45 (rated as refined sugar of the highest quality) is still fairly limited because not many sugar mills in Brazil are producing it.
Brazil produces about 2 million metric tons of […]

Sugar Cane output in Brazil could Rise 22% in year 2008
Farmers in Brazil are world’s biggest producer of Sugar-cane today. They are growing better yielding strains of the tropical plant and expanding crop areas as demand for sweetener and ethanol increases. Above-average rains in recent months have also helped boost yields for the year 2008.
Brazilian […]

ICUMSA 150 Sugar
ICUMSA 150 sugar is refined white sugar. Not quite as refined as ICUMSA 45 sugar, ICUMSA 150 sugar is still food grade and is often used by manufacturers making foodstuffs where the refining requirements for sugar are lower than those required for sugar sold direct to consumers. ICUMSA 150 sugar is in fact […]

According to the Brazilian SGS method of testing, ICUMSA 45 sugar is the highest quality sugar available on the market today. The quality of sugar is determined by a system devised by ICUMSA (International Commission For Uniform Methods Of Sugar Analysis), which is an international body that has sought to standardize the measurements which are […]