Cuba’s Sugar Harvest Comes Up Short

Cuba's Sugar Harvest Comes Up Short
June 17, 2013

HAVANA TIMES – The national sugar plan corresponding to the 2012-2013
campaign only reached 89 percent, it was learned during the balance of
the Azcuba Sugar Group, Granma newspaper reported.

According to the report, 192 000 tons of programmed sugar was not
produced due to problems with the agro industrial efficiency, failing
to mill the volume of cane planned and due to the impact of Hurricane
Sandy in several eastern provinces.

Only three provinces across the country managed to reach their
production targets, and although some sugar companies posted losses, the
economic results were evaluated as "favorable" due to the quality of the
sugar produced.

Source: "Cuba's Sugar Harvest Comes Up Short - Cuba's Havana Times.org"
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