MY2011/12 sugar consumption increased to approximately 2.5 million metric tons, up around 5 percent from the previous year as the Thai food and beverage industry recovered from the nationwide flooding that occurred in the last quarter of 2011. Industrial use, which accounts for 40 percent of total sugar consumption, increased approximately 3 percent during the same period. Sugar consumption in the beverage industry, which accounts for approximately half of total industrial use, increased significantly to 11 percent from the previous year (Table 10). Household sugar consumption, which accounts for around 60 percent of total sugar consumption, increased approximately 6 percent during the same period.