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Browsing: sugar production deficit
- Sugar consumption in Kenya is also expected to increase by 3.2 per cent this year driven by tourism and bakery
- Following the expiration of the ban in November 2023, production is expected to rebound significantly in 2024/25
- The survey also says that the growth in Kenya’s tourism sector will continue to create demand for sugar.
Kenya is expected to record a rise in sugar imports, as the effects of a ban on immature sugarcane processing kicks in, new findings have revealed. This is however expected to ease as millers ramp up their production
A report released by Fitch Solutions Company BMI and the United States Department of Agriculture shows that, the country should expect production to decrease by 32.9 per cent year on year in 2023/24 down to 530,000 tonnes from 790,000 tonnes in 2022/23.
This has majorly been attributed to the ban on sugarcane harvesting that was implemented in …