El Salvador: 15% Less Sugar

Because of the drought a reduction of between 12% and 15% has been estimated in the 2015/16 harvest, which could be partly offset if a better industrial performance is achieved.

Friday, August 28, 2015

Producers believe that in addition to a better industrial performance, another factor that would help to offset the decline in production is the provision that banks have to provide refinancing options or "... provide fresh capital to producers so that they can replant. "

Mario Salaverría, president of the Sugar Association of El Salvador (AESA), "... indicated that each year the sector produces about 800,000 tons of sugar, so that 7.2 million tons of sugarcane is distributed among 110,000 hectares of this crop. Previously, the AESA had estimated damage in some areas, but not definitive losses as it is doing so today. 'We have different types of damage, from certain regions where we have a damage or loss, because they are not damages, between 5% to 25% of the cultivated area.' "

"... The most affected region, as happened with other crops, is the east of the country, the union leader said. "In the West there is the least decline in production; however, in the East it is a very serious problem, that is to say, we are extremely concerned about the situation in the East," said Salaverría."

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