South African cane growers warn of threats to local sugar industry from cheap imports - ChiniMandi

South African cane growers warn of threats to local sugar industry from cheap imports - ChiniMandi

The South African sugar industry is under mounting pressure due to a surge in cheap foreign sugar imports, prompting fresh warnings from SA Canegrowers about the impact on local growers and rural communities, reports IOL. Higgins Mdluli, chairperson of SA Canegrowers, raised concerns last week that sugar is entering the South African market at prices lower than both the cost of production and the global sugar price. He attributed this to aggress…