Easy Just Think Thanks Brainlist Explain one reason that led to the increase in the trade of sugar. Write it out in sentence form. You can EITHER describe the concept of mercantilism] and how sugar fit into this OR you may come up with your own piece of evidence

Explanation: Sugar is an important commodity in the world agricultural market with a annual average production of 120.1 million tons, consumption of 118.1 million tons, and a world trade equal to 28 percent of production for the period from 1994 through 1996 (USDA, 1997). Sugar is produced under a broad range of climatic conditions in some 120 countries and is one of the most heavily traded agricultural commodities. Like the international trade of other major agricultural commodities, sugar trade has several distinguished characteristics that include heavy government intervention, large price fluctuation, widespread production in many parts of the world, and a growing market for sugar substitutes. These features make the world sugar market a vital target for policy analysis, although they also pose considerable modelling difficulties.

Sugar is produced from sugarcane and sugarbeet. Sugarcane is mostly grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions and sugarbeet predominantly grown in temperate regions.