españolSugar: Guatemala Loses for Lack of FTA with KoreaWednesday, February 19, 2020 Because Guatemala is the only country in the region still negotiating an FTA with the Asian country, sugar producers estimate that they have stopped selling about 400,000 metric tons. Months ago it was reported that Guatemalan authorities would travel to South Korea in the first week of October, with the aim of restarting the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. Salvadoran sugar harvest will generate 47,000 jobsMonday, January 19, 2009 According to forecasts from the sugar industry, the harvest which will end between April and May will have generated 47,000 jobs directly and 187,000 indirectly. Elsalvador.com reports: "The 47,000 jobs that the harvest would generate are direct jobs. Sugarcane BioethanolThursday, September 20, 2012 The experience and effective adoption of ethanol in Brazil, reveals an inexorable trend in this industry for any economy. Stephanie Moll Fetzer 's article in The Black Box, analyzes the possibilities presented by the production of bioethanol from sugar cane, as a generator of employment and in terms of added value. Sugar: Protectionism and the Eternal StruggleTuesday, January 21, 2020 In Costa Rica, sugar producers are asking the government to raise tariffs or entry taxes on imports, and importers are opposing, as this would raise the final price to the consumer. In July 2019, the Sugar Cane Industrial Agricultural League (LAICA) asked the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) to launch an investigation with the aim of imposing additional tariffs on imported sugar, arguing that purchases from abroad would damage local production. Panama: Sugar Cane Harvest Down 5%Tuesday, October 6, 2015 The 2014/15 production cycle was 2.5 million tons, 5.4% less than production in the previous period. From a report by the General Comptroller of the Republic: Guatemalan sugar cane mills expect record harvestMonday, November 3, 2008 Armando Boesche, Manager of the Guatemalan Sugarcane Farmers Association, affirmed that the 15 mills in the country are expecting a record of more than 48 million quintals (sacks) of sugar. The last harvest was lower due to the lack of light that affected the plantations in addition to the low production in new areas. Sugar: New Harvest, New ChallengesThursday, November 14, 2019 In a context of falling international prices, increasing production and improving efficiency are the main objectives of Guatemalan sugar producers for the 2019-2020 harvest. Official figures detail that during the 2018-2019 harvest the production of sugar in Guatemala reached 2.9 million metric tons, and for the current harvest that has just begun the harvest of a similar volume is projected. Sugar Production Falls in BrazilWednesday, November 26, 2014 The drought has forced a prematurely end to the crushing season, which already experienced in the past fortnights performance drops of 42% compared to last year. Zafranet.com reports that "... Sugar production in Brazil, the world's largest exporter of the raw material, is slowing rapidly due to a drought this year which will provoke an early end to the milling season in the coming weeks, said the Union of Sugarcane Industry in Brazil, Unica, on Tuesday. " Sugar production falls in BrazilTuesday, June 17, 2008 Sugar production in the southeast of Brazil has fallen almost 11 percent in this year's harvest, while at the same time ethanol production grew by 6.15 percent. According to the Union of the Sugar Cane Industry, the data reported on June 1 has confirmed that the harvest is more favorable to ethanol, a fule heavily used in Brazilian automobiles. Conflict Over Sugar Profits in El SalvadorFriday, August 18, 2017 Farmers insist on a reform to the law so that they receive an additional payment from part of the revenues generated by the mills from the sale of surplus energy. The eternal conflict between cane growers and industrialists over the use of cane bagasse in power generation remains unresolved. The Association of Producers of Sugar Cane (Asprocaña) is proposing reforming "... Articles 2 and 39 of the law in which there is talk of the distribution of income between mills and producers, so that the latter receive a share that corresponds to them for the raw material." El Salvador: How to Distribute Sugar ProfitsWednesday, October 26, 2016 A study requested by the union will determine how sugar profits should be divided between producers and industrialists, providing information for a law reform. The information derived from the study, which according to the Salvadoran Sugar Industry Council, is being undertaken by the FAO, could solve part of the conflict over the distribution of profits between manufacturers and producers. A New Global Sugar GiantThursday, October 6, 2016 The Brazilian Raízen has allied itself with the agricultural commodities company Singapore Wilmar, to create the largest exporting sugar group in the world with 4.5 million tons per year. From a press release by Wilmar: Honduras: Sugar Harvest DownThursday, November 26, 2015 Due to the effects of drought, the sugar guild has projected that it will not reach the production target of 12 million hundredweight scheduled for the 2015-16 harvest. Added to adverse climate effects which will result in a reduction of at least 700 million hundredweight in the harvest that has just begun, are the unfavorable international prices of grain, which have maintained a downward trend in recent months. Guatemala: Sugar Production Up by 22.7%Wednesday, June 6, 2012 In the 2011-2012 harvest, completed this month, a "historical record" of 54,330,445 quintals of sugar was harvested. "It's a record", proclaimed Armando Boesche, general manager of the Sugar Association of Guatemala (Asazgua). Sugar Cane Harvest Starts in NicaraguaTuesday, November 16, 2010 The country began its 2010-11 harvest; estimates put output at 5% lower than the last season. "The National Committee of Sugar Producers of Nicaragua has estimated that the sugar harvest, which began today and ends in May 2011, will produce 11.5 million quintals (46 kilos each), 500,000 bushels less than the same period before," according to Canal15.com.ni. |
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