Sugarcane production for 2006 is forecast to rebound to 760,000 metric tons (MT) as the country overcomes the droughts that struck farmers in 2004 and sugar production fell from 747,000 MT to 696,000 MT in 2005, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agriculture Service (USDA-FAS).
良好的天气条件和充足的供水将使生产在 2006 年恢复。秘鲁的糖产自北部沿海富饶的山谷。通常，该地区具有种植甘蔗的优良条件。该地区的所有田地均采用地面灌溉，这使生产者可以在给定时间减少供水以获得更高的蔗糖产量。