subject: Southwest, Said The Drought Caused By Sugar Cane Factory Prices Cut Into The Inevitable [print this page] National market Sell Sugar, 60% from GuangxiNational market Sell Sugar, 60% from Guangxi. Arrived in China yesterday, our reporter is known as sugar are known as Chongzuo City field visits received sucrose production and found that the sugar crop season will end 20 days earlier than previous years, this year's sugar production will certainly be affected.
Supermarket sugar quietly Prices Noon yesterday, according to China's sugar Network released the latest data show that: Chongqing White Granulated sugar Yesterday the price was 5,200 yuan per ton, up 20 yuan higher than the day before yesterday a ton. Since the spring, Chongqing, sugar prices in general rise, has close to 5,500 yuan per tonne, the highest.
Retail market in Chongqing, careful people found that 500 grams of white sugar has been installed around rose 3.3 yuan, higher than the corners more than two months ago. Supermarket salesman said that the current sugar prices much higher than the same period last year.
Experts believe that the main reason for sugar prices is the main sugar producing Yunnan, Guangxi and experience of major drought. More than half of Chongqing, Guangxi sugar.
Guangxi sugar crop season shortened Yesterday, reporters rushed to the country's largest sugar production base in Guangxi Chongzuo. Sugar is the first pillar industry Chongzuo, accounting for nearly 20% market share. Chongzuo known as the Chinese are known as sugar.
Into Chongzuo, along the way are endless fields of sugar cane, now most of the sugar cane has been harvested, the dry land was dazzling white. Sugar cane road transport large trucks coming and going, an air smelled sweetly of sugar taste.
Focus in the country Raw material Sugarcane production base Chongzuo Longzhou Long Weizhou Tong Qiao village, reporters saw the average height of sugar cane, only adults. Sugarcane farmers Huang Chaoliang said over the next few months without rain, lack of water, the sugar cane are grown so short, no thumb-thick stem of sugarcane. In previous years at this time, sugar cane up to 4 meters high, thick as a stud Wine Cup. It is understood that 250 acres of sugarcane Chongzuo moderate hit, accounting for 69% of the total area of the city's sugar cane.
Longzhou serious sugar production assistant director in charge told the reporter, pressed open by the end of November last year, now the main task has been completed. Because of drought, sugar cane production fell 8% to 10% of the expected crop season will end on April 5, 20 days earlier than last year.
Price hikes trend may become necessary
Majority of local sugar producers that led to this extraordinary drought cut sugar cane, sugar prices is inevitable. Yan, deputy director
Longzhou sugar introduced this time last year the plant produced 1.75 million tons of sugar content, only 1.6 million tons this year. Guangxi sugar industry, said people familiar with the crop season the majority of Guangxi sugar cane juice into the lack of general revenue squeeze 20 days earlier. There are more than 50 sugar mills in Guangxi stop pressing, up to double last year. Sugar cane juice pressed stop on the sum of more than 330,000 tons.
Chongzuo Longzhou government posted a notice: Prohibition of trafficking into the acquisition of foreign cane sugar cane, sugar cane against the local sugar cane farmers to take-away, failing to be severely punished.
With sugarcane farmers told reporters, although the drought, but the factory purchase price does not rise, some traders outside the county buying the cane, although the Government is strictly prohibited, but there is still sugarcane farmers to sugar cane for export. Correspondent reported clove music photography
Travel forecast: Today, journalists will travel to the border of Guangxi and Vietnam Longzhou, Pingxiang, Napo and other places, where the famous cross-Great Falls, there are many kinds of rice in Chongqing boss over there, they can escape drought it? Keep an eye on tomorrow's drought report.
