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Bundaberg cane farmers are excited following the signing of the Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement that will initially see 30,000 tonnes of sugar exported from Australia to Peru. It is reported by NewsMail. PAFTA will eliminate 99.4 percent of tariffs that exporters face into Peru, putting our farmers on equal footing with foreign competitors. Under the agreement, Austra...

Iran plans to supply 2,305 million tonnes of various fertilizers during the current fiscal year, started March 2017. It is reported by trend.az. According to the Iranian officials, the figure will include 1.,5 million tonnes of nitrogen, 525,000 tonnes of potassium and 280,000 tonnes of phosphorus fertilizers....

IN an Australian first, Bundaberg Sugar is growing and processing organic raw sugar after achieving Australian Certified Organic (ACO) status. It is reported by NewsMail. Chief Executive Officer Guy Basile said interest from retailers and manufacturers has prompted Bundaberg Sugar to grow organic sugar cane on its company farms and proces...

Kenya's sugar imports increased by 196% in 2017 compared with the previous year as traders rushed to ship in duty-free commodity to bridge a local deficit. It is reported by AsokoInsight. The volumes shipped into the country nearly tripled from 334,109 tonnes in 2016 to 989,619 tonnes. The bulk of the sugar imports was brown/mill white type (table...

28 January 2018 Egyptian Chemical Industries (KIMA) completed 80% of KIMA2 facility for ammonia and urea production in Aswan.  It is reported by egypttoday. KIMA clarified that the total investment of the project is worth LE 11 billion. KIMA announced earlier that Italian company Marie Tecnimont will construct th...

Pakistan's emergence as a major sugar exporter could prove short-lived, with farmers appetite for the crop diminished by low domestic prices and local consumption increasing significantly. It is reported by Reuters. Nauman Ahmed Khan, managing director of sugar producer Almoiz Industries, told that Pakistan's exportable surplus is likely to decline in the 2018/19 season and...

Dubai’s Al Khaleej Sugar Refinery has agreed to build a major agro-industrial complex to produce beet sugar under a deal signed with the Egyptian government. It is reported by Reuters. The project, named Al Canal Sugar, will be located only about 200 km (125 miles) from its market, Jamal al-Ghurair, managing director of the refinery, told. Investment...

Last week, ANWIL produced the 30-millionth tonn of nitrogenous fertilisers. ANWIL, with regard to the production capacity, is the second producer of nitrogenous fertilisers in Poland and the tenth in Europe. It is reported by the press-service of the company. The Włocławek ORLEN Group company started the production of nitrogenous fertilisers 47 years ago, and the first tonn of ammonium nitrate was prod...

The tax on imported sugar, as stipulated by the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), will be maintained at 5 per cent from the beginning of this year. It is reported by vietnamnews. According to the Việt Nam Sugar and Sugarcane Association (VSSA), this was a good sign for the local sugar industry, as they would face difficulties if the tax w...

In Southern India sugar mills are reeling under low production and extremely low cane crushing capacity utilisation. It is reported by SmartInvestor. While drought has resulted in low capacity utilisation due to lower cane availability, the mills are also having to deal with increasing fixed cost and price falls,...