Sugar Facts & Figures

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Some interesting facts about sugar in the ACP:

In some ACP countries, sugar exports under the Protocol account for over one quarter of GDP, and no less than 85% of total agricultural exports.
Sugar is produced in 110 countries in the world and consumed in all of them. Most sugar is produced and consumed in the same country; only about 25% is traded internationally, and much of that increasingly within regional trade blocs.
The top ten exporters account for over 75% of world exports and the top four exporters over 50%.
In addition to providing direct employment for over 300,000 people on estates and on smallholdings, the sugar industry gives indirect employment to hundreds of thousands of others and by extension supports the livelihoods of millions of family dependents.
In all ACP supplying states sugar is one of the most significant contributors to the national economy. For example, sugar generates over 17% of GDP in Guyana and 24% in Swaziland, while in Fiji sugar production is responsible for over 90% of agricultural output.
Sugar accounts for major percentage of overall agricultural output; in some countries it accounts for highest percentage of agricultural output.
Sugar is one of highest contributors to GDP and one of the foreign exchange earners; in some countries it is the highest contributor to GDP and largest foreign exchange earner.
In addition to employment, the sugar industry in ACP countries provides health, education/training, drainage and irrigation, social, community and sport services in rural districts.

ACP countries compared to other major sugar producers/exporters:

Impact of proposed reform on ACP countries: