300,000 tons of sugar are coming in Tanzania - Bashe

The Minister of Agriculture, Hussein Bashe has said that for this year the Government will import more than 300,000 tons of sugar to meet the current deficit. He has said that by March 15, 2024, 60,000 tons of sugar will have been imported into the country, thus bringing relief to consumers. Minister Bashe has said this at the White House, Dar es Salaam during a meeting of editors and reporters with the Director of Presidential Communications, White House regarding the visit of President Samia Suluhu Hassan to the Vatican, Norway and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Minister Bashe has emphasized that the Government will continue to import sugar from abroad due to many sugarcane fields being affected by the rains and thus affecting production. He added that the National Food Storage Agency (NFRA) has entered ...