Provisional numbers for 2020 put the amount of sugar consumed in the European Union (EU-27) at approximately 16.8 million metric tons. Forecasts for see a slight dip. By 2029, it is expected that the overall consumption of sugar in the EU will drop to around 16 million tons.
Production
Sugar is obtained from sugar cane or beet by removing molasses from raw sugar in a refining process. The result of this process is white sugar. Brown sugar is deliberately coated with molasses or has residual molasses. Worldwide production of sugar reached 166 million metric tons in 2019/20.
Consumption in comparison
The common market of the EU is the second largest sugar market in the world. In 2019/20, it surpassed the Chinese market by almost three million tons. However, it paled in comparison to the Indian market, where 27 million tons were consumed. That puts EU consumption at a bit more than two thirds of Indian consumption. Global consumption adds up to 172 million metric tons.
Forecast volume of sugar consumed in the European Union (EU 27) from 2016 to 2029*
(in 1,000 tonnes)
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OECD. (October 22, 2020). Forecast volume of sugar consumed in the European Union (EU 27) from 2016 to 2029* (in 1,000 tonnes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 24, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/549753/sugar-consumption-volume-european-union-28/
OECD. "Forecast volume of sugar consumed in the European Union (EU 27) from 2016 to 2029* (in 1,000 tonnes) ." Chart. October 22, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 24, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/549753/sugar-consumption-volume-european-union-28/
OECD. (2020). Forecast volume of sugar consumed in the European Union (EU 27) from 2016 to 2029* (in 1,000 tonnes) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 24, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/549753/sugar-consumption-volume-european-union-28/
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OECD, Forecast volume of sugar consumed in the European Union (EU 27) from 2016 to 2029* (in 1,000 tonnes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/549753/sugar-consumption-volume-european-union-28/ (last visited June 24, 2022)