Cane growers and sugar producers have warned the government that removing the import tariff on sugar for one year will adversely impact the sector.
El Salvador – Sugar consumption fell by 7% during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown [Full subscriber]
Sugar consumption in El Salvador dropped by 7% during the pandemic lockdown. The total closure ordered by President Nayib Bukele contributed to sugar industry losses of US$ 12 million, according to Julio Arroyo, executive director of the Sugar Association of El Salvador.
El Salvador – 2018/19 sugar output soars to 787,980 tonnes [Full subscriber]
The 2018/2019 harvest exceeded the expectations of the Salvadoran producers and closed with a production of 17.13 million quintals (787,980 tonnes) of sugar, the highest level in the last six years, according to the Salvadoran Council of the Sugar Agroindustry (CONSAA).
El Salvador – Sugar industry relieved as court suspends “provisionally” cancellation of FTA with Taiwan [Registered]
The highest court in El Salvador ordered on 12th March suspended “provisionally” the cancellation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that the Central American nation maintains with Taiwan, for the alleged violation of the rights and legal security of the sugar sector, according to local press reports.
El Salvador – Drones use support cane yield increase of 15% [Full subscriber]
Cane growers in El Salvador using drones have seen their yields increase by up to 15% according to the Salvadoran company Drontek.
El Salvador – Corsain selling its shares in 4 sugar mills to factory workers and cane growers [Full subscriber]
The Salvadoran Corporation for Investments (Corsain), the government decreed institution announced through local newspapers in early September that it has made available to cane growers and workers for purchase shares of four of the sugar mills that operate in the country.
El Salvador – 2016/17 sugar output forecast at 768,200 t [Registered]
Sugar production in 2016/17 (Nov/Oct) is forecast to reach 768,200 tonnes, up from 648,600 t in 2015/16, according to the president of the national sugar association, Mario Salaverría.
El Salvador – 2015/16 sugar exports fall by US$40 million as drought hits output [Registered]
Cane production was down by 18% in 2015/16, while sugar production was 12% less than the previous year, according to the president of El Salvador’s Sugar Association Mario Salaverría.
El Salvador – Sugar miller installs iris-based time tracking system for workers [Registered]
One of the major issues for the miller has been that during peak production its many employees can end up working multiple shifts around the clock, day and night. As such, employee administration could be very complex and time-consuming, with increased risk of fraudulent work records being produced as well.
Monthly Snapshot
Raw sugar for March delivery settled at 19.82 cents/pound on January 18 after reaching a two-and-a-half-week high earlier in the session at 20.25 cents. The white sugar contract expiring in […]
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