Harvest 2012: Rs 87.5 Million From The Sugar

This increase , said the MSS is due to a significant change in exchange rates between 14 and 30 June. Thus , the revised final price is Rs 17 573.32 / t , prior to Rs 363.92 17 or more Rs 209.40 per tonne. At final count , a surplus of Rs 87.5 million was distributed Tuesday to sugar producers .
This is the first time since the 2008 harvest that the price of sugar has been an impressive rebound .
If in 2008 the ton was Rs 18,620 , it fell in 2010 to Rs 13,535 . The lowest price in the last decade . Thus, the ' Producer Price 2012' is to restore confidence in the Mauritian sugar industry after three difficult years. At MSS , we are delighted that the adopted business strategy, the export of raw sugar for the production of value-added sugar off gradually bearing fruit.
A sugar production of 425 000 t
Sugar production this year is estimated at about 425 000 tonnes based on an output of about 4.1 million tons of cane .
Better performance than the previous year , when 3.9 million tons of cane were harvested for the production of 409,200 tons of sugar.
According to the observations of the Chamber of Agriculture , the climatic conditions during the 2012/ 13 were normal in all .
" Certainly , the lack of rain in May has had a negative impact on growth , but the dry cold and sunshine above the average during this period encouraged the accumulation of sucrose ," said Will one level of the organization.
Recently attending a ceremony marking the start of the cut , President Jacques Omnicane Unienville expressed his confidence in the future of the Mauritian sugar industry.
According to Jacques Unienville reforms undertaken jointly by the government and sugar helped to not only face the challenges of the moment but also to develop strategies for a better tomorrow .
Opinion shared by the union leadership sugars , citing flexibility in export due to logistics in place that can make deliveries in all European ports and at a competitive cost .