76 SOCIAL SCIENTIST Table 7 RECENT TRENDS IN PER CAPITA SUGAR CONSUMPTION (KG S RAW VALUE) Region 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Europe 41.0 406 41.3 39.6 42.2 41.1 EEC 40.3 38.9 38.9 38.5 39.0 41.0 U.S.A. 41.1 39.0 36.0 34.5 32.7 30.5 C.America 43.8 43.9 45.9 42.2 44.0 44.2 Asia 8.5 8.6 9.4 9.7 10.4 10.9 Africa 15.1 15.7 15.0 12.1 14.5 14.7 WORLD 21.2 20.2 19.8 202 20.0 20.3 Table 8 THE RANGE IN WORLD SUGAR TOTAL PRODUCTION COSTS. 1979/80—1982-83 ,,-. (weighted world average == 100} Country sugar plant index value Japan cane 229 Japan beet 170 Trinidad(c) cane 158 Italy (b) beet 155 Poland beet 141 Guyana^) cane 118 Barbados^) cane 113 US beet 111 US mainland cane 107 UK^) beet 102 Jamaica (c) cane 97 W. Germany^) beet 92 Belize(c) cane 91 India cane ) Thailand cane ) 90 Argentina cane ) 70 Brazil Philippines cane ) 75 Mauritius(c) cane ) France (b) beet 73 Cuba cane 71 Dominican Republic cane 69 St. Kitts(c) cane 66 Australia cane 62 FijK0) cane 60 Brazil (Centra 1/Soi th) cane ) e-j South Africa cane ) -7 Note : (a) Average 1979/80—1982/83 exchange rates and base years for data ; constant prices ; ex-mill costs in terms of raw sugar (96 pol). Costs derived by a synthetic cost engineering approach. (b) EC Member State, (c) ACP State with an EC sugar quota. (d) Since the data for these results were collected, it is likely that relative rankings between countries have moved further. Thus the UK position has improved significantly versus other EC producers. Source : Derived from Congressional Research Service, World Sugar Trade and US Su^ar Policy, Report No. 85-114 ; Washington D.C., USA, (1985).