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After the sugarcane sector declared itself in emergency this Monday due to an alleged brake on exports, the Vice Minister of Internal Trade, Gróver Lacoa, indicated that the sale of sugar to the international market is developing normally.
According to an institutional bulletin, the authority assured that Supreme Decree 3456 of January 11, 2018 is in force, which establishes control and monitoring mechanisms for the sugarcane production complex, to guarantee supply conditions and fair prices to the population.
The president of the National Confederation of Cañeros de Bolivia (Concabol), Óscar Alberto Arnez, had denounced this Monday that they received the communication of the alleged brake on exports and requested a meeting with the authorities of the sector.
“We have a surprise from the Government, from the Vice Ministry of Internal Trade with a note letting us know that the export quota has been cut, it has been fulfilled and in that part we declare ourselves in emergency,” he said.
In this framework – the State portfolio pointed out – in response to the concern of the sugarcane sector, the authority added that the export of sugar is fully in force and is developing normally.
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Faced with the request for an explanation, Lacoa announced that meetings will be held with the actors of the sugar complex to evaluate the performance of the sector and the projections for the 2022 management.
Based on official data, the vice minister reported that as a result of the 2021 harvest, Bolivia exported a volume of 1.8 million quintals to the markets of Colombia, Peru, Chile and Ecuador in the period from May to November 2021, among the main, specifies the newsletter.
In this context, the head of Internal Trade said that last week he urged the sugar mills and sugarcane institutions, through a written communication, to comply with Supreme Decree 1554 that establishes a security stock that amounts to a volume of 1.5 million quintals of sugar to guarantee the normal supply of this product to the Bolivian population, within the framework of the food security and sovereignty policy.
The producers assure that they have a surplus of at least three million quintals of sugar outside the volume for the domestic market
