Warnings of the collapse of the sugar sector in Sudan

Sudan Events – Rehab Abdullah

Vice President of the Rain-fed Sector Farmers’ Association, Ghariq Kambal, warned of the collapse of the sugar sector in Sudan, after the Rapid Support militia destroyed a number of sugar factories and farms in Sudan. He confirmed that this threatens Sudan’s return to importing sugar, after it tore up its import bill in previous years, and added, “We will return.” to import sugar from India and Brazil, it will be for the affluent only, and he warned against the greed of merchants and the month of Ramadan is approaching, indicating that they have now begun to increase prices in a frightening manner, indicating that the price of a mobile phone has now reached more than one hundred thousand pounds in some areas.
Ghariq described what is happening as a new disaster affecting the agricultural and production sector, after it witnessed stability until 2012 and local production covered the country’s need and the surplus was exported.
Ghariq said in a press statement (to Sudan Events) that the Al-Junaid sugar factory was destroyed and its machinery was looted and went out of service, and the West Sennar factory followed in the same manner as the militia. As for the Asalaya factory, unfortunately, it went out of production from the previous year, and its agricultural area was rented to tomato and cotton farmers. And others, and sugar production became zero. As for the White Nile Sugar Factory, it did the wrong thing – he said – and is now out of service and its sugar cane is sold in the markets. He added that the Kenana Sugar Factory is the pride of Sudan, and its sugar production has become world famous, as it depends on it. Most of the Gulf countries export to it from Kuwait, the largest partner in Kenana, but he indicated that its production in the previous season declined to 35%, while it declined for the current season to 7%.
He saw that the situation heralds a return to the 1980s and the use of dates to sweeten tea, but what is different now is that date prices have also increased, with the price of a bag reaching 120,000 pounds. He warned of the danger of a rapid decline in the collapse of the sugar sector, and expressed his hope that the war will end so that the sugar sector can be caught up and lifted from collapse.