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Dangote Sugar increase production by 13.7% despite pandemic

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"ZuyIPoea" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"NeG1F6sF" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Despite the disruptions to the economy&comma; owning majorly to coronavirus pandemic&comma; Dangote Sugar Refinery recorded an increase in production volume which rose by 13&period;7 percent to 743&comma;858 tonnes in the financial year ended December 31&comma; 2020&comma; compared to 654&comma;071 tonnes in 2019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The sugar group also posted an increase <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;accountingtools&period;com&sol;articles&sol;what-is-sales-volume&period;html">in sales volume which<&sol;a> rose by 6&period;9 percent&comma; from 684&comma;487 tonnes to 731&comma;701 tonnes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the audited result released on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange&comma; the improvements were attributable to operations optimization strategy despite the momentary disruption caused by civil unrest in last quarter of the year&period; Growth continued to benefit from the sustained efforts to drive customer base expansion and several trade initiatives and investments&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"pdfyfWNd" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;02&sol;fuel-scarcity-ipman-lauds-nnpc-for-prompt-intervention-advises-against-panic-buying&sol;">Fuel scarcity&colon; IPMAN lauds NNPC for prompt intervention&comma; advises against panic buying<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A breakdown of the results indicated that Group revenue increased by 33 percent to N214&period;30 billion in contrast to N161&period;09 billion in 2019&period; Gross profit increased by 40&period;4 percent to N53&period;75 billion&comma; compared to N38&period;29 billion in 2019 while Group profit after taxation for the year increased by 33&period;2 percent to N26&period;70 billion as against N22&period;36 billion in 2019&comma; reflecting management’s unrelenting goal to deliver consistent shareholder value&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Group Managing Director&sol;Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc&comma; Mr&period; Ravindra Singhvi&comma; speaking on the results said that despite the socio-economic uncertainties occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic during the year under review&comma; the sugar group continued on the growth path with commitments to improve o performance and generate value for all stakeholders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This was reflected in the sales volume delivery of 731&comma;701 tonnes&comma; and production of 743&comma;858 tonnes being 6&period;9&percnt; and 13&period;7&percnt; increase in volumes over the comparative year 2019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;our focus on the implementation of our key strategies in the face of the several challenges posed by the COVID Pandemic&comma; the peculiarities of the Apapa traffic situation amongst others we achieved a topline growth in revenue of N214&period;30 billion&comma; a 33&period;0&percnt; increase over 2019&semi; a 53&percnt; YOY increase in PBT&comma; and 33&period;2&percnt; increase in PAT&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>2020 was indeed very eventful for our company ranging from the weak macroeconomic fundamentals caused by the underlying impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which saw to the steady rise in FX rate&comma; high inflation and the significant rise in our cost of production&comma; to the worsening traffic gridlock on the Apapa Wharf road which led to delays and at times disruption of the distribution and deliveries to customers&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr&period; Singhvi added that the company activated its Business Continuity Management System &lpar;BCMS&rpar; during the lockdown periods due to the COVID pandemic and disruptions caused by EndSARS protests&comma; which helped to minimize the adverse impact the situation had on businesses in the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He noted that one of the key highlights of during the year was the successful completion of the Scheme of Arrangement – merger of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc &lpar;DSR&rpar; and Savannah Sugar Company Limited &lpar;SSCL&rpar; with effect from September 1&comma; 2020 to operate under one unified entity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are confident the merger will enable us to achieve operational&comma; administrative and governance efficiencies resulting in increased shareholder value&period; We will continue to pursue our Backward Integration Projects&comma; and other key initiatives to grow our sales volumes&comma; market share&comma; optimize cost and operational efficiencies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dangote Sugar Refinery is Nigeria’s largest producer of household and commercial sugar with 1&period;44M MT refining capacity at the same location&period; Our refinery located at Apapa Wharf Ports Complex&comma; refines raw sugar imported from Brazil to white&comma; Vitamin A fortified refined granulated white sugar suitable for household and industrial uses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Our Backward Integration goal is to become a global force in sugar production&comma; by producing 1&period;5M MT&sol;PA of refined sugar from locally grown sugar cane for the domestic and export markets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To achieve this&comma; Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc acquired Savannah Sugar Company Limited&comma; located in Numan&comma; Adamawa State in December 2012&comma; and embarked on the ongoing rehabilitation of its facilities and expansion of its 32&comma;000 hectares’ sugarcane estate&period; In September 2020&comma; the scheme of merger between DSR and Savannah Sugar estate was completed which gave birth to a bigger and stronger business with considerable opportunity for growth and delivery of superior benefits to all stakeholders&period; The expansion and rehabilitation of the sugar estate is still ongoing as well as the development of the greenfield site acquired at Tunga&comma; Nasarawa State for the achievement of DSR’s sugar for Nigeria development master plan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Nasarawa Sugar Company Limited&comma; is the registered subsidiary of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc&period; The 78&comma;136 hectares Sugar Project Site is located at Tunga&comma; Awe Local Government Area&comma; of Nasarawa State&period; Massive developments in agriculture&comma; irrigation infrastructure amongst others is ongoing at the site&period; 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