If You Can't Sell Your Sugar, Let Me Sell Mine

Nicaragua and Honduras want to regionalize the EU quota, to be able to offer 53,000 tons of sugar.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Producers want the export quotas that the sugar growers in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala were not able to meet, as in those countries the Association Agreement is not yet in force, said Mario Amador Rivas, general manager of the National Committee of Sugar Producers (CNPA).

Elnuevodiario.com.ni reports: "... the first electronic auction scheduled for yesterday was suspended and rescheduled for next Friday, with the aim of Central America being able to place a regional quota of 62 thousand tons. "If we fail to reach a regional agreement this week we would be missing out on an opportunity," said Amador. "

"If an agreement is not reached we (Nicaragua) would export the 9000 tons that corresponds to us and Honduras their 8000 tons and that would be what would be auctioned (on Friday)," said Amador, adding that the base price of a ton of sugar was fixed at $580.

He added that while Costa Rica has rejected regionalization of the export quota, they still hope to sell their assigned amount to Guatemala and El Salvador.

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