Cuba’s Sugar Harvest Comes Up Short

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.

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