Sugar production in Mozambique is expected to increase to 210 thousand tons in the 2024-25 agricultural campaign

Published 2024년 7월 22일

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Mozambique is aiming to produce 210 thousand tons of sugar in the 2024-25 agricultural season, a slight increase from the previous season's production of 200 thousand tons. This is despite challenges such as climate change and a factory stoppage. The country has also been experiencing flooding and illegal sugar imports, which have reduced production and threatened the sector's contribution to the GDP and job creation. However, two sugar factories are investing in innovative processing techniques and are working to ensure there is no market harm. Rehabilitation of a plantation damaged in 2022 is underway, with the factory expected to resume activities in 2026.

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Mozambique expects to produce 210 thousand tons of sugar in the 2024-25 agricultural season, a slight increase compared to the previous season, when approximately 200 thousand tons were produced. According to Orlando da Conceição, executive director of the Association of Sugar Producers of Mozambique (APAMO), producers are working to meet the goals set and develop the production chain which, in recent times, has suffered major losses , due to climate change and the stoppage of activities in one of the largest factories in the country. “The national industry has been going through some unfavorable moments, since the stoppage of Maragra Açúcar, located in the province of Maputo, southern Mozambique. We also experienced moments of flooding caused by the rain that was felt in the first months of the year, which devastated several production fields”, he highlighted. Cited by the Mozambican Information Agency (AIM), the person responsible explained that all measures are being observed ...

Source: Diarioeconomico