The Executive Director of the Federacion Dominicana de Colonos Azucareros, told the press that “Next February, the country will have to import large quantities of refined sugar, because of the difficulties the state sugar council (CEA) has experienced in starting the present grinding season.”
He added that CEA has tried to start the grinding season at the Consuelo mill, “but they are not properly prepared. There will be problems with next year’s sugar crop.”
The executive director of FEDOCA said that “the Federation of Sugar Cane Growers, (FEDOCA), will not supply sugar cane to the CEA until they pay us the outstanding debt of RD$246 million.”