Bolivia plans to export 3 million quintals of sugar at the end of the 2021-2022 harvest

By Editorial PortalPortuario.cl/Bolivian Information Agency, @PortalPortuario, Within the framework of the 2021-2022 harvest, Bolivia is expected to export 3.3 million quintals of sugar, which would represent an increase of 20% in relation to the same process carried out in May 2020 and April 2021, a period in which a volume of 2.7 million quintals was marketed, according to the Minister of Productive Development and Plural Economy, Néstor Huanca. The authority explained that Supreme Decree 4680, which authorizes the Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy to issue certificates to guarantee the internal supply of strategic foods, is a preventive measure to protect the food security of the Bolivian population. Huanca pointed out that since the validity of Supreme Decree 4680, certificates have continued to be issued so that sugar producers continue to export and the mobilization processes of surplus sugar production continue without restrictions. “In the 2018-2019 ...