Raw sugar output by Uganda's top processors down 14 percent

Raw sugar production by Uganda's three main processors fell 14 percent in the first half of the year versus a similar period last year hurt by a shortage of mature cane, an industry official told Reuters on Wednesday. The east African country has a small but thriving sugar production sector mostly dominated by the three producers - Kakira Sugar Works, Sugar Corporation of Uganda Ltd and Kinyara Sugar Works.
Full-year output from the three producers is seen reaching 330,000 tonnes, down from last year's 341,879 tonnes. Wilberforce Mubiru, secretariat manager at industry body Uganda Sugar Manufacturers' Association (USMA) told Reuters the three plants produced 154,501 tonnes in the first six months of 2016.