The Dominican state will receive more than US$113.2 million in leases for the sugar cane mill of the State Sugar Council (CEA) in the next ten years. Following a tender, the state sugar mills were leased for 30 years as follows: Consorcio Azucarero del Caribe (Conazucar): Rio Haina, Consuelo, Boca Chica, Ozama and Quisqueya. Central Azucarera del Este: Porvenir and Santa Fe. Consorcio Azucarero Central: Barahona. Consorcio Agroindustrial Caña Brava: Amistad and Montellano. In the past, the sugar mills operated as welfare institutions employing thousands of persons with access to political connections at the expense of taxpayers.
