Saturday, April 30, 2011

Somali pirates have been holding a Sudanese ship carrying equipment for the White Nile Sugar Company

For more than two weeks and that authorities are exerting considerable efforts to free the ship to ensure the equipment on board arrives in so that the company is able to enter production next season, the Minister of industry Dr. Awad Al-Jaz revealed.

Al-Jaz said the While Nile Sugar Company is perceived of as the biggest company in Sudan, especially designed to be biggest producer to contribute to supplying sugar to meet local demand as well as exporting surplus.

Speaking at a radio show yesterday the Minister affirmed increase in sugar price has been caused by storing and smuggle; besides rocketing international prices. He said the responsibility of the government was to provide this commodity either through production or import; however he assured that the commodity is available in the market, but urged all to contribute to delivering sugar to the people at SDG152, a price set by the government. Al-Jaz predicted that next year’s sugar production would be better than previous years.

The Minister called on traders not to exploit liberation policies adopted by the state. He warned that there were mechanisms set by the attorney general for consumers and national economy to discover those exploiters, adding the government is looking for “sugar mafia” to advice them and bring them to their senses.

He said the government resorted to 5-10kilo small packages to fight storing and smuggling operations. Al-Jaz attributed the growing demand for sugar to use of sugar in various industries.

The Minister dealt with efforts underway to establishing new sugar companies so that the country become a sugar producing belt for many neighboring states. Work is underway at companies such as Gifa, Sennar West, Kenana 2; besides working for the promotion and rehabilitation of existing companies in Sudan.

Al-Jaz admitted that all government owned textile companies are not functioning now and that efforts are ongoing to re-operate them, particularly after the government has imported modern machines, some are being installed in a number of textile companies in Sudan.

Source: The Sudan Vision Daily

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