Cuba’s Sugar Harvest Comes Up Short

Cuba's Sugar Harvest Comes Up Short

June 17, 2013



HAVANA TIMES – The national sugar plan corresponding to the 2012-2013

campaign only reached 89 percent, it was learned during the balance of

the Azcuba Sugar Group, Granma newspaper reported.



According to the report, 192 000 tons of programmed sugar was not

produced due to problems with the agro industrial efficiency, failing

to mill the volume of cane planned and due to the impact of Hurricane

Sandy in several eastern provinces.



Only three provinces across the country managed to reach their

production targets, and although some sugar companies posted losses, the

economic results were evaluated as "favorable" due to the quality of the

sugar produced.



Source: "Cuba's Sugar Harvest Comes Up Short - Cuba's Havana Times.org"

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