date:Dec 28, 2012
Sudan-based White Nile Sugar Company's new factory is located in Abu Hibera, Central Sudan. The White Nile Sugar Project (WNSP) is the largest agro-industrial investment in the region and has national importance. The $1bn factory was completed in May 2012 and opened in July 2012.
Sudan has an annual sugar consumption rate of about 1.2 million tons (mt), while its production is 800,000t. The project will meet the growing sugar demand in the country and also attain self-sufficiency by 2013.
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