According to the Myanmar Sugar and Sugarcane Products Manufacturers Association, most of the sugar mills in northern Shan State and Sagaing Province, where fighting broke out, have not yet resumed operations, so many farmers have not been able to cut the sugarcane they planted.
The sugarcane crushing season in Myanmar usually starts in November and December each year, but this year the sugarcane harvesting season has already passed due to regional instability and farmers have not been able to cut the sugarcane.
Sugarcane is mainly cultivated in the Shan State (Southern, Northern) districts, Sagaing and eastern Bago provinces. There are 23 sugar mills in the country, with an average annual output of about 400,000 tons of sugar. In addition, there are more than 6,000 sugarcane farmers in the Ti Jay district of Sagaing Province, where fighting is raging. More than 1.2 million tonnes of sugarcane are grown each year.
Similarly, there are four sugar mills in the Nau Hill district of northern Shan State, of which only two are operational.
A sugarcane planter said that this year's sugarcane is good, but in this better period, we can't cut sugarcane, and if the season passes, it will be greatly affected.
This year, when the sugarcane season has not yet arrived, domestic white sugar *** sugarcane ** also**. At present, the ** price of a ton of sugarcane is 110,000 kyats.
It is understood that the white sugar produced in Myanmar is mainly exported to Vietnam.