South Africa’s sugar industry is in talks with the government over a potential subsidy that could see it convert more than a third of its annual output into…
The sugar sector is on track with its five-year transformation plan, with the government having spend hundreds of million rand to remedy the inequalities experienced by black sugar cane farmers.
Sugar sector eyes master plan to protect its turf from big imports
By Given Majola
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DURBAN - THE SOUTH African sugar industry is looking to the recently signed Sugarcane Master Plan to stabilise the sector in 2021 after a flood of sugar imports devastated it
South African Sugar Association (Sasa) executive director Trix Trikam said last week, “We are particularly concerned about high volumes of sugar imports from Eswatini. India and Brazil have continued to be the main non-African countries importing sugar into South Africa. These issues are being addressed through the recently signed Sugarcane Value Chain Master Plan to 2030.”