Leading sugar producer
- Who
- India
- What
- 19300000 tonne(s)/metric ton(s)
- Where
- India
- When
- 2001
The world's leading sugar producer is India who produced 19,300,000 tonnes (42,549,166,000lb) of raw centrifugal sugar during 2001
In comparison, the US was responsible for 7,720,000 tonnes of sugar and remained the fourth highest producer of sugar in the world. The UK did not feature within the top 10, producing a mere 1,500,000 tonnes.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations