Government announces that 3.3 million quintals of sugar will be exported by Bolivia

Page Seven Digital The Minister of Productive Development, Néstor Huanca, announced this Sunday that the country will export at least 3.3 million quintals of sugar, when the 2021-2022 harvest ends. The volume represents an increase of 20% in relation to exports in the period between May 2020 and April 2021. In the 2018-2019 harvest, 1.4 million quintals were exported and in the 2019-2020 harvest, exports rose to 2.7 million quintals. In the same way, in the harvest that we are finishing from May 2021 to April 2022, with the latest authorizations, the sugar industry plans to export 3.3 million quintals, an increase of 20% compared to previous efforts, indicated the minister. . The volume of national sugar production is around 11 million quintals of sugar per year, of which the domestic market requires around 9 million quintals, according to official data. You can also read: The Government issues a decree to regulate the export of corn, sorghum and sugar He affirmed that Supreme ...