Zambia Sugar, a subsidiary of the Illovo Group, has recorded an 8% drop in production. The company attributed the drop to challenging climatic conditions. “Miller-cum-planter cane supplied 1.158 million ton, at average of 115 tons per hectare, while out-growers supplied a total of 915 500 tons at an average of…
Swaziland’s sugar exports are likely to decline after the European Union’s (EU) deregulation of the industry. Swazi sugar farmers have struggled to assert themselves outside the EU. Sugar farmers in the world’s only absolute monarchy have for decades benefitted from the EU’s cap on annual sugar production. It kept prices…
Zambia Sugar Plc contributes roughly 92.5% to the total sugar production in Zambia, according to the Global Agriculture Information Network (Gain). In 2016, the sugar sector contributed roughly 3% to Zambia’s gross domestic product (GDP) and 6% to the country’s total national exports. SUGAR PRODUCTION It is estimated that Zambia’s…
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has fined the country’s largest sugar producer, Zambia Sugar, K76 million for alleged discrimination and unfair pricing. Zambia Sugar disputes the fine, saying findings by the CCPC are factually and legally wrong. “The company has engaged in unfair pricing against selected household sugar…
Kenyan millers say the import of duty-free sugar from Zambia and other countries can suffocate the local industry. In May, the Kenyan government permitted cheaper sugar imports without restrictions on quantity or specific importers to cushion the country’s deficit of more than 300 000 tons. The move also allowed Kenya…
Kenya will import 40 000 tons of sugar from Zambia, says Finance Minister Felix Mutati. This deal follows a recent trade mission by Mutati and Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya to the East African country. Mutati said the mission will facilitate the export of sugar - along with 100 000 tons…
An influx of smuggled sugar – now estimated at 20 000 tons a year - is negatively affecting the local industry. This according to the country’s major producer Zambia Sugar, who called for government intervention to halt illicit imports. “The smuggling of the commodity has created a black economy which…
Zambia Sugar’s exports to the European Union (EU) have dropped by 74% because of poor market conditions, said Zambia Sugar PLC's managing director Rebecca Katowa. Katowa said EU prices are significantly weaker than in previous years, resulting in the company cutting down bulk exports to the region. “Prices to the…
A commercial venture into irrigated sugarcane on a 2 500ha parcel of land on the banks of the Luapula River, has taken shape in an astonishingly short time. The bush that covered this land has made way for fields of sugarcane, a year off harvesting, in three years. The Great…
The Phata Sugarcane Outgrowers Cooperative is to receive a $1, 6 million (MWK1.2 billion [Malawian Kwacha]) debt investment from AgDevCo for fixed and working capital expenses. Phata, a smallholder, farmer-owned, organisation was formed in 2011, in partnership with Agricane. The smallholders who grew cotton and sorghum in the Chikwawa district…
