THAILAND EXPECTS SMALLER SUGARCANE OUTPUT
Thailand's sugarcane output will fall
to about 23.55 mln tonnes in the 1986/87 (November-October)
season from 24.09 mln in 1985/86, the Agriculture Ministry
said.
    It said a January survey put the total area under sugarcane
at 545,528 hectares, down from 556,860 hectares the previous
year.
    The national average yield is expected to fall to 43.17
tonnes/hectare from 43.22 tonnes in 1985/86, it said.
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