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Sugar refining to rise in line with industry growth
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A worker carries a sack of sugar at a warehouse. (Tempo/-)
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he Indonesian Refined Sugar Association (AGRI) plans to produce more refined sugar this year in line with food and beverage industry growth, a senior AGRI member has said.
AGRI executive director Faiz Ahmad said refined sugar producers had reported plans to manufacture up to 3 million tons of sugar this year, up by 6.5 percent from 2.8 million tons last year.
“The food and beverage industry is projected to grow by 6.5 percent this year, which is why sugar production will also rise by 6.5 percent,” he told journalists in Jakarta on Monday.
He further said that the refined sugar would be manufactured by 11 sugar refiners in Indonesia and would be strictly distributed to food and beverage enterprises.
Faiz also said the country’s sugar refiners could produce up to 3.6 million tons of sugar in a year, thus no sugar mill expansion was needed in the near term. (vny/ags)
