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Dangote to save forex, through 40% sugar import substitution

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Alhaji Aliko Dangote

<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 dir&equals;"ltr">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Management of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has resolved to significantly reduce the importation of sugar into the country by 40 percent&comma; thus paving the way for the employment of over 30&comma;000 youths&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"mqkP4f5A" 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 dir&equals;"ltr">President of Dangote Group&comma; Aliko Dangote explained recently in a chat with newsmen that it was embarking on Phase II of its Sugar project&comma; which will then cover over 100&comma;000ha to make the sugar plant&comma; the largest in Africa&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"KbuI1CA9" 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 dir&equals;"ltr">Dangote said that the integrated sugar complex to be located in Tunga&comma; Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State&comma; comprises 60&comma;000ha sugar plantation and two sugar factories with the capacity to produce 430&comma;000 tonnes of refined white sugar per annum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;23&sol;atikus-de-federalisation-agenda-nigerian-university-and-new-rays-of-disunity&sol;">Atiku’s De-Federalisation Agenda&comma; Nigerian University&comma; and New Rays of Disunity<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Meanwhile&comma; the Nigerian Ports Authority &lpar;NPA&rpar;’s shipping data revealed that Auarius Honor and Ocean Crown would be at Greenview Development Nigeria Limited &lpar;GDNL&rpar;&comma; a subsidiary of Dangote Group to offload 45&comma;850 tonnes and 46&comma;750 tonnes respectively&period; Following high demand in the food and drinks sector&comma; GDNL took delivery of 187&comma;000 tonnes from four vessels in May this year&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;<&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;<div class&equals;"ezKINuIi" 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 dir&equals;"ltr">At the terminal&comma; Common Galaxy came with 48&comma;800 tonnes&semi; Bonny Island&comma; 47&comma;200 tonnes&semi; Chayanee Naree&comma; 46&comma;000 tonnes&comma; and Karteria Bluesrar&comma; 45&comma;000 tonnes&period; Also&comma; in April&comma; the terminal took delivery of 91&comma;600 tonnes when Unity Bluestar offloaded 47&comma;200 tonnes and Ecoatlantic&comma; 44&comma;400 tonnes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">The NPA shipping data also noted that 67&comma;000 tonnes of sugar were offloaded at ENL Consortium and GDNL&comma; noting that the ENL terminal took delivery of 20&comma;000 tonnes from Doro&comma; while Baltic Mantis discharged 47&comma;000 tonnes at GDNL&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">It added that Genco Picardy arrived with 46&comma;500 tonnes in February&comma; while two vessels offloaded 101&comma;422 tonnes in January&comma; stressing that Desert Calm berthed with 55&comma;352 tonnes and Pauline&comma; 46&comma;070 tonnes&period; Finding from Index Mundi&comma; a trade portal revealed that the country has already imported 965&comma;000 metric tonnes of raw this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Also&comma; the country imported &dollar;1&period;82 billion beet sugar&comma; sugar syrups&comma; and other sugar confectionery in the last two years&period; Sugar is currently on the list of commodities on the foreign exchange restriction list of the Central Bank of Nigeria &lpar;CBN&rpar;&period; Also&comma; statistics from Trade Data Monitor &lpar;TDM&rpar; based on the Brazilian Foreign Trade explained that Brazil exports rose from &dollar;458&period;9 million in 2019 to &dollar;702&period;8 million in 2020&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">According to TDM&comma; Brazil’s cumulative raw sugar exports to Nigeria in 2020&sol;21 season was 1&period;62 million tonnes&comma; while domestic cane sugar production has slumped from 75&comma;000  tonnes to 70&comma;000 tonnes&comma; about 6&period;7 percent decline within one year&period; The country had projected to meet 800&comma;000 tonnes target of raw sugar production by 2022 as demand by the food and drink manufacturing and retail markets is on the increase&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">However&comma; Nigeria could not meet up to five percent target as data from National Sugar Development Council &lpar;NSDC&rpar; revealed that in 2016&comma; local production of refined sugar was 25&comma;000 tonnes&semi; 2017&comma; 20&comma;184 tonnes&semi; 2018&comma; 14&comma;918 tonnes and 2019&comma; 28&comma;597 tonnes&semi; 2020&comma; 75&comma;000 tonnes and 2021&comma; 75&comma;000 tonnes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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