Tags Sugar inventories Sugar inventories up over 56,000 tonnes Thursday, Jul 03, 2014 Sugar inventories in the first half of this year rose 56,430 tonnes over last year to 548,940 tonnes, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Sugar inventory continues to rise Thursday, Jun 06, 2013 Sugar inventories increased to nearly 600,000 tonnes by the end of May, about 222,410 tonnes higher than in the same period last year.