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| Figures about sugar 2007/08 |
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| 81,6 % of German sugar sales are consumed in
the form of processed products (soft drinks, confectioneries,
cakes and pastries, etc.). Overall, German per capita consumption
stands at 34.3 kg sugar per year. |
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| Categories of recipients
of sugar in Germany 2007/08 (in %) |
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| Cultivation, sugar yield
and sugar production in the Federal Republic of Germany |
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2007/08 |
2006/07 |
2005/06 |
Area under cultivation in ha
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391,500 |
359,800 |
418,800 |
Number of sugar beet farmers
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40,125 |
42,900 |
45,200 |
Sugar production in tonnes
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3,900,000 |
3,250,000 |
4,032,300 |
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| Sugar consumption by
country |
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2004 |
| USA |
28.2 |
| Australia |
47.9 |
| former USSR |
- |
| Switzerland |
41.3 |
| Brazil |
54.5 |
| Turkey |
24.2 |
| EU 15 |
35.5 |
| Federal Republic of Germany |
34.3 |
| Poland |
- |
| China |
8.2 |
| India |
17.8 |
| Thailand |
33.6 |
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In kg white sugar per head
(most recent data, source: Sugar Year Book 2004, ISO) |
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