Cane growers in Bolivia demand free export

Published 2022년 4월 9일

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Sugarcane producers in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, led by the National Commission of Sugarcane Producers (Concabol), are planning a tractor protest next week in response to restrictions on sugar exports. They may also indefinitely blockade roads if their demands are not met. The demands include the right to export sugar surpluses, economic injection, and access to credits from the Import Substitution program (SIBolivia). The sector fears that if these demands are not met, 5,000 sugarcane families will be affected, as the sector generates 25,000 direct and 50,000 indirect jobs.
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Page Seven / La Paz The sugarcane producers of Santa Cruz announced a tractor push for next week against the restrictions on sugar exports and they do not rule out the indefinite blockade of roads in that capital. The president of the National Commission of Sugarcane Producers of Bolivia (Concabol), Óscar Arnez, reported that the mobilization of the sector with tractors was postponed for next Tuesday. We will start the mobilization in the municipality of San Pedro and we will take the machinery to Montero; there will be a council where the measures to be taken will be defined, we do not rule out an indefinite strike and blockade, the sugarcane leader specified. He assured that the sector only seeks to export sugar surpluses, since the supply to the internal market and without changing the price is guaranteed. The cane growers also demand an economic injection and access to credits from the Import Substitution ...
Source: Paginasiete

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