On the strength of strong sugar price recovery, Argentina’s sugar production is expected to reach a record 2.3 million metric tons (MT) raw value in 2006/07, reports the US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agriculture Service (USDA-FAS).
Following the 2002 devaluation, the economic situation for sugar producers has been good, with strong prices and lower production costs. Much of the crop (650,000 MT) is destined for the profitable export market. It would be Argentina’s highest export total in 23 years.
四年来，农场和工厂进行了大量投资，通过增加甘蔗更新、使用产量更高、抗性更好的更好品种、增加化肥和农用化学品的使用、改善灌溉以及采用现代收割机来提高效率和生产力。最近世界食糖价格的强劲复苏很可能会鼓励进一步的投资。
过去两个季节甘蔗面积略有增加，美国农业部FAS预计阿根廷在未来几年将适度扩大甘蔗种植面积。大多数消息来源一致认为，到 2010 年，阿根廷将生产 2.5 至 280 万吨糖。
There is currently a bill in Argentina’s Congress designed to promote the investment in and production of biofuels (in Brazil, sugarcane is the main source of ethanol production). This would create more demand and open a new market to sugarcane, but it also would add to expenses and limit exports, causing mills to be split on whether or not to support the law.