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Show I Forecast Drop in World Sugar Harvest r I ; A 41,000-ton 41,000 41000 ton 4\OOO-ton 4 OOO 4OO0-ton 4OO0 \ ) , - - - decrease In world worldgar worldgar worleugar gar production to 10 in 194 1945-46 1945 46 IMS- IMS IMScam.ared - - * 6 * com- com corn- corn comared cornared cam.ared camared . - ared with the year before I is u , tore- tore fore- fore toreast foreast fore-ast fore ast - - - ast by the USDA office of foreIgn foreIgnicultural foreignieultural torelgagricultural icultural ieultural relations total output outputelng outputsing outputeing elng sing estimated at et t 27 I 8 millloa millIon sho short shortne shortSins " ns ne 400 000 below the previous year yearough yearThough yearrrhough Though ough North America s . beet sue sua sug suaproduction sugproduction | production has bu bas been upwardice upwardce upward | ce lt43 1M3 1943 Europe I s ba bas has been dow down I ward , , and world output tor for tot ID .4G 4G 1945-48 1945 48 . 194548at 1B45-4Cat 1B45 4Cat .4Gat - - at 7 1 ' 8 S 3 million tons ii is expected to tobe tobe t tha ha be the th * smallest since 1(23 123 1923 ( Increa.ed Increaed Increased Increa.edbarve Increasedharvests Increasedharvests . barve harvests . ' " of sugar .ugar ugar . cane in the west wept weptern we westn t tern ern n > hemisphere also have been offset off offaet offset aet set by By decreased production in the theFar theFar thefar Far East . , Africa Australia AustraUa Australis and the thePaclftc thePscIAc thePacific Paclftc PscIAc , , . and an estimated crop of f301 20 2 i II 8 million ton tons * for IK ID4H6 l94- l94 l94C . - tG C wuldb would wouldbe wouldbe be * (00000 00000 GOO 500 ( 000 tons tone less Ie . than tba the yearbefore year yearbefore , before . . |