JAPAN SLIGHTLY REDUCES SUGAR CONSUMPTION ESTIMATE

  The Agriculture Ministry said it revised
  its April-June sugar consumption estimate down to 623,300
  tonnes on a refined basis, from 637,800 estimated at the end of
  December.
      It said the estimate for domestically produced sugar supply
  for the same period was revised to 190,400 tonnes from the
  earlier estimate of 195,100 tonnes, while imports were revised
  to 402,000 tonnes from the earlier 435,800 tonnes.
      It did not revise its sugar consumption estimate of 2.53
  mln tonnes for the 1986/87 sugar year ending September 30.
      The ministry said the estimate for the 1986/87 year's
  supply of domestically produced sugar was revised to 881,000
  tonnes, from the earlier estimate of 863,000.
      The estimate for 1986/87 imports was revised to 1.642 mln
  tonnes, from an earlier 1.645 mln tonnes.
  

