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Thu, 08/14/2008 - 09:16
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THIS YEAR'S RI SUGAR PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT 2.27 MILLION TONS
Surabaya, E Java, Aug 13 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's sugar production in the 2008 milling season is estimated at 2.72 million tons, which is higher than the production during the milling season in 2007, a sugar expert said.
"The production estimate is based on the acreage of sugar cane plantations which reach 445,113 hectares and milled sugar cane 34.26 million tons," Secretary General of the Indonesian Sugar Experts Association (Ikagi) Adig Suwandi said here on Wednesday.
"If that estimate comes true, Indonesia whose sugar consumption reaches 2.7 million tons, will be self-sufficient in the commodity, particularly sugar for direct consumption," he said.
A national workshop on the 2008 milling season's mid-term evaluation organized by the Indonesian Sugar Association (AGI) in Yogyakarta on August 11-12, 2008 revealed that the production of the 58 sugar mills up to July 31, 2008 was recorded at 1.23 million tons.
Of the total, 673,441 tons were produced by 46 sugar mills in Java and 559,468 tons by 12 sugar factories outside the island.
The average production of the 58 sugar mills stood at 6.27 tons of crystal sugar per hectare with a sucrose content of 8.02 percent.
As a comparison, the milling production in the same period in 2007 was lower than that in 2008, reaching only 959,913 tons.
Suwandi said that overall there had been an increase in the sugar production of almost all sugar factories in Indonesia.
"There is an interesting phenomenon in this year's milling season such as the increase in sugar cane weight and productivity experienced by among others state-owned plantation companies (PTPN) II, X,XI,XIV and PT PG Tjandi and PT Madu Baru," he said.
He said that although sugar production had been increasing, sugar milling and other sugar businesses were also worried about the declining prices.
"The production estimate is based on the acreage of sugar cane plantations which reach 445,113 hectares and milled sugar cane 34.26 million tons," Secretary General of the Indonesian Sugar Experts Association (Ikagi) Adig Suwandi said here on Wednesday.
"If that estimate comes true, Indonesia whose sugar consumption reaches 2.7 million tons, will be self-sufficient in the commodity, particularly sugar for direct consumption," he said.
A national workshop on the 2008 milling season's mid-term evaluation organized by the Indonesian Sugar Association (AGI) in Yogyakarta on August 11-12, 2008 revealed that the production of the 58 sugar mills up to July 31, 2008 was recorded at 1.23 million tons.
Of the total, 673,441 tons were produced by 46 sugar mills in Java and 559,468 tons by 12 sugar factories outside the island.
The average production of the 58 sugar mills stood at 6.27 tons of crystal sugar per hectare with a sucrose content of 8.02 percent.
As a comparison, the milling production in the same period in 2007 was lower than that in 2008, reaching only 959,913 tons.
Suwandi said that overall there had been an increase in the sugar production of almost all sugar factories in Indonesia.
"There is an interesting phenomenon in this year's milling season such as the increase in sugar cane weight and productivity experienced by among others state-owned plantation companies (PTPN) II, X,XI,XIV and PT PG Tjandi and PT Madu Baru," he said.
He said that although sugar production had been increasing, sugar milling and other sugar businesses were also worried about the declining prices.
