date:Jul 13, 2012
a, it has to import at least 400,000 tons of sugar every year to meet its domestic demand, and the new plant is expected to end the dependence of imports and bring in foreign revenues through export.
Sudan is also planning to set up four more sugar facilities through development loans from India and China, to boost sugar production in the country to more than 2 million tons by 2016.
The move to open the sugar plant is a part of the government's effort to cut down imports as the country is grappl