China’s sugar output is expected to achieve a record high of 9.5m tons in the year 2002 to 2003, up one million tons from last year.
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The prediction was made by Jia Zhiren, president of the China Sugar Industry Association, at a national conference on sugar production and sales.
The conference also discussed the low sugar price and measures to stabilise the price on the Chinese market, reported Xinhua News Agency.
