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Sawasdee Welcome toThailand

Sawasdee Welcome toThailand. 1. Thailand Government Policy & Initiiatives for Sugar Production in the Next 5 Years Dr. Prasert Tapaneeyangkul Secretary General Office of the Cane and Sugar Board. 2. Thailand Sugar Industry. National Cane Development Plan Current situation and outlook

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Sawasdee Welcome toThailand

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  1. Sawasdee Welcome toThailand OCSB: Office of the Cane and Sugar Board 1

  2. Thailand Government Policy &Initiiatives for Sugar Production in the Next 5 Years Dr. Prasert Tapaneeyangkul Secretary General Office of the Cane and Sugar Board OCSB: Office of the Cane and Sugar Board 2

  3. Thailand Sugar Industry • National Cane Development Plan • Current situation and outlook • Future plan OCSB: Office of the Cane and Sugar Board

  4. National Cane Development Plan Goal: Sustainable growth of the cane and sugar industry Cost reduction, value creation, more income for growers (3 yrs:2008-2011) Target: 94 mln.tons/94 tons/hectare , 13 C.C.S. Ethanol and value creation R& D and Cane Derivatives develop Ment Soil & fertilizer Manage ment Farm mechanization and cultivation practices Restructure of the industry Irrigation Logistics & transport manage ment and GIS

  5. National Cane Development Plan 2007/08 - 2010/11 1 hectare = 6.25 rai OCSB: Office of the Cane and Sugar Board

  6. Current situation • 2010/11 • Mills : 47 • Capacity: 880,000 TCD • Plantations: 1.3 m.ha. • in 49 provinces OCSB: Office of the Cane and Sugar Board

  7. Current situation • 2010/11 underestimation • Rain fall (m.m) Severe drought • Unit: mln.tons OCSB: Office of the Cane and Sugar Board 7

  8. Thailand: 2010/11 • 2010/11 Low estimation Rains and flood Severe drought • Unit: mln.tons OCSB: Office of the Cane and Sugar Board 8

  9. Current situation Sugar(tons) Cane(tons) Record cane & sugar production 2010/11: Record cane price OCSB: Office of the Cane and Sugar Board

  10. Current situation Areas under cassava, cane and rice • Land switching • Competition crops • Weather conditions Unit: rai (6.25 rais/ha.) Source Office of Agricultural economics, & OCSB OCSB: Office of the Cane and Sugar Board

  11. Current situation 2010/11: Record production • Rain during harvest • High contamination in cane • Low sugar yield • Left over cane Nov. Dec. 11 Crushing days: 28 Nov.10-21 Jun.11

  12. Current situation 2010/11: Record production: Burnt cane • Labor shortage • Becoming typical practice • Environmental and human concerns OCSB: Office of the Cane and Sugar Board

  13. Current situation 2010/11: Record production • Crushing over capacity • Prolonged crushing • High contamination • Downtime loss • Problems of logistics, • storage and transportation TCD 46 mills capacity ready for 2010/11 crushing (Mills checkup by OCSB before start of crushing) Days of crushing 13

  14. Current situation Export Markets 2010 ASIA: 93% ASEAN: 57% of the total export AEC • Challenges • AEC 2015 • WTO • Green living Indonesia Japan Cambodia N. Korea Philippines Vietnam Pakistan Malaysia 14

  15. Thailand: 2011/12 Outlook • Boosting factors • Favorable weather • Increased cane acreage • Risk factors • Flood & wet harvest • Low sugar yield OCSB: Office of the Cane and Sugar Board

  16. Future Policy and Initiatives • Goals: To be competitive in the world market • Strengthening farmers capability & stability of cane prices • Productivity/efficiency improvement at farm and factory • Expansion/relocation of mills • Diversification • Toward green industry 2010/11 : benchmark for further growth & opportunities • Growers& Millers

  17. Future Policy and Initiatives • Restructure of the industry • - Domestic sugar prices • - Benefit sharing • - Laws & regulations • - Cane and Sugar Fund • Growers access to resources • - Soft loans for crop management and farm mechanization • Revision of National Cane Development Plan • R&D focus • Cane variety improvement

  18. Thank you... praser@ocsb.go.th 18

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