Approximately, 80% of the world's sugar is produced from sugarcane in tropical and subtropical climates with the remaining 20% derived from sugar best, which is grown mostly in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere. Seventy countries produce sugar from sugarcane, 40 from sugar beet and 10 from both. The main sugar producing countries are Brazil, India, Thailand and China. To some extent countries from European Union also produce some amount of sugar.