BBC/LONG FEATURE/ Worldwide sugar futures peaked on 1 February at 30.4 cents a pound, the highest price since January 1981. Since then, the decline has been steep. Sugar is now trading at about half that as Brasil and India bounce back. Brasil predicts the 2010-11 harvest will be a record - a projected 33.5 million tons of sugar. But Brasil doesn't worry about over-supply since 60% of its sucrose is turned into ethanol that powers the nation's flex-fuel autos - a model not followed in other countries.
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