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Double trouble: Increasing tea & sugar deficits

2016-03-08 07:15:00| Sugar Industry News

Both tea and sugar have long become a part and parcel of our culture: they are intrinsic to our daily consumption, and their cultivation internationalised our commerce under British rule that helped the colony become the crown jewel of the British Empire. Since independence, we have increasingly produced far more consumers than all the tea or sugar harvested, generating a growing deficit. Started by the East India Company, tea production began along the Karnaphuli River from 1843, eventually shifting fulcrum to Sylhet 14 years later; while sugar was multinationalized and combined with tea by England in the 17th Century.

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EU Said to Meet Sugar Industry to Discuss Possible Supply Crunch

2016-03-08 07:15:00| Sugar Industry News

European Union officials met with representatives from the sugar industry to discuss a possible supply crunch as imports may fall short of the blocs forecast, according to two people who attended the meeting.

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South Africa: MEC Cyril Xaba - Launch of Sugar Cane Project

2016-03-08 07:15:00| Sugar Industry News

Historically sugar has been the backbone of the KwaZulu-Natal economy. It is the biggest industry in the province.

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Ethiopia: Boosting Sugar Industry

2016-03-08 07:15:00| Sugar Industry News

Recently, the Metal Engineering Corporation announced that it has commenced commissioning of Omo-Kuraz I Sugar Factory machinery to commence the trial production soon. The factory is one of the six factories planned to be built in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples State. Upon going fully operational, the factory has the capacity to crash 12,000 tonnes of sugar-cane and produce 13,000 quintals of sugar per day.

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