CAMBODIA’S first sugar plant will begin producing unrefined “brown” sugar for export to European markets early next year, an official of Thailand’s Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Public Company said Thursday.“We plan to begin shipping sugar to European markets in May,” said Korn Posayanond, Khon Kaen’s research and business-development manager.
The firm grows sugarcane on 20,000 hectares in Sre Ambel district of Koh Kong province, and is wrapping up construction on a processing plant ahead of an official launch planned for January 25.
It will be several years before the plant is able to produce refined “white” sugar, said Korn, adding that “for now, about 25,000 tonnes of unrefined sugar will be produced annually for the EU”.
In three years the firm plans to be operating at a planned full capacity of 60,000 tonnes per year, he said.
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