THAILAND EXPECTS SMALLER SUGARCANE OUTPUT

  Thailand's sugarcane output will fall
  to about 23.55 mln tonnes in the 1986/87 (November-October)
  season from 24.09 mln in 1985/86, the Agriculture Ministry
  said.
      It said a January survey put the total area under sugarcane
  at 545,528 hectares, down from 556,860 hectares the previous
  year.
      The national average yield is expected to fall to 43.17
  tonnes/hectare from 43.22 tonnes in 1985/86, it said.
  

