The Agriculture Ministry said it revisedits April-June sugar consumption estimate down to 623,300
tonnes on a refined basis, from 637,800 estimated at the end of
December.
    It said the estimate for domestically produced sugar supply
for the same period was revised to 190,400 tonnes from the
earlier estimate of 195,100 tonnes, while imports were revised
to 402,000 tonnes from the earlier 435,800 tonnes.
    It did not revise its sugar consumption estimate of 2.53
mln tonnes for the 1986/87 sugar year ending September 30.
    The ministry said the estimate for the 1986/87 year's
supply of domestically produced sugar was revised to 881,000
tonnes, from the earlier estimate of 863,000.
    The estimate for 1986/87 imports was revised to 1.642 mln
tonnes, from an earlier 1.645 mln tonnes.
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