HAVANA, Cuba, May 29 (acn) The Cuban 2014-2015 sugar cane harvest closed with 18 percent production growth compared to the previous campaign but fell 4 percent short of its output schedules, according to a report by the Sugar Group Azcuba.
Although production results are still far off the expected plans, it is important to acknowledge that over the past five years the sugar production has registered increase, with the recently concluded campaign being the largest in the past 11 years.
The harvest was not exempt of big efforts against time to conclude repairs and investment projects, due to late delivery by import companies of parts and other resources needed during the campaign, said Azcuba Group Communications official Liobel Perez. This fact did not allow 11 sugar mills to start operations on time and led to breakdowns during their performance.
However, the main problem that affected the campaign was the low use of sugar mill potentials, only at 65 percent, said Perez, who added that the transportation of sugar and syrups from the mills led to big tensions as well, despite the efforts by transportation entities.
However, experts agreed that the industrial process was marked by growing efficiency, meaning 10,27 tons of sugar per every one hundred tons of sugar cane, while in previous campaigns that indicator was at 9.50 tons of sugar.
Other growing productions are those of alcohol, animal feed, electric energy, while sugar quality continued to grow in terms of its physical and chemical parameters, the official said.
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