As the domestic sugar output is not enough to meet the country’s demands, so Vietnam has had to import sugar, according to the Vietnam Sugarcane and Sugar Association (VSSA).
In the 2009-10 period, the country’s sugar production was estimated at 984,000 tonnes, 5,000 tonnes less than the previous year due to a drop in sugarcane output. This was not enough to supply the country’s 40 sugar refineries.
At a conference to review the 2009-10 sugarcane crop and plans for the future was held in Hanoi on May 11, the VSSA President Vo Thanh Dang said that the 2009-10 sugarcane crop was badly affected by adverse weather, causing a low sugar output.
Meanwhile, Doan Xuan Hoa, Deputy Head of the Agro-Forestry, Seafood and Salt Processing and Trade Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), reported that Vietnam had to import 200,000 tonnes of sugar in 2010 due to a decrease in sugarcane output and sugar reserves.
He added that the biggest difficulty facing the sugar industry was a lack of raw materials. Since 1999, sugarcane output and quality has seen no improvement but a decline.
Ten years ago, the country had 350,000 ha of sugarcane with a yield of 50.8 tonne per ha. This year the total acreage 265,000 ha has dropped to but with a yield of 51.7 tonnes per ha.
Based on this, MARD has forecast that it will be difficult to produce enough raw materials domestically for processing in the years to come.
From now until 2015, Vietnam plans to plant an additional 300,000 ha of sugarcane and focus on intensive sugarcane farming.
At a conference to review the 2009-10 sugarcane crop and plans for the future was held in Hanoi on May 11, the VSSA President Vo Thanh Dang said that the 2009-10 sugarcane crop was badly affected by adverse weather, causing a low sugar output.
Meanwhile, Doan Xuan Hoa, Deputy Head of the Agro-Forestry, Seafood and Salt Processing and Trade Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), reported that Vietnam had to import 200,000 tonnes of sugar in 2010 due to a decrease in sugarcane output and sugar reserves.
He added that the biggest difficulty facing the sugar industry was a lack of raw materials. Since 1999, sugarcane output and quality has seen no improvement but a decline.
Ten years ago, the country had 350,000 ha of sugarcane with a yield of 50.8 tonne per ha. This year the total acreage 265,000 ha has dropped to but with a yield of 51.7 tonnes per ha.
Based on this, MARD has forecast that it will be difficult to produce enough raw materials domestically for processing in the years to come.
From now until 2015, Vietnam plans to plant an additional 300,000 ha of sugarcane and focus on intensive sugarcane farming.
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