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ZANZIBAR Sugar Factory Limited has emptied its entire 3,000 tonnes of sugar stockpile, with the government guaranteeing the market for the product from the isles\u2019 lone sweetener manufacturer.<\/p>\n

Marketing of Mahonda-based factory product had sparked mayhem, attracting the intervention of Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa, who early this month banned sugar imports to Zanzibar to create market for the locally-produced product.<\/p>\n

Trade and Industries Minister Amina Salum Ali told the House of Representatives yesterday that: \u201c As I speak here, 3,000 tonnes have been bought, bringing to total 6,674 tonnes of production at Mahonda last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Presenting the government\u2019s statement on the sugar factory in the House, Ms Salum Ali said: \u201c We are determined to purchase and consume all sugar from Mahonda Factory.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the premier\u2019s visit to the factory early this month, there was a pileup of 1,60 tonnes of unsold sugar, which was part of the investor\u2019s January\u2014December 2019 production of 6,674 tonnes.<\/p>\n

The minister told the House that the government through the cabinet had resolved to continually import sugar because Mahonda Factory could meet the country\u2019s demand for only two months<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ZANZIBAR Sugar Factory Limited has emptied its entire 3,000 tonnes of sugar stockpile, with the government guaranteeing the market for the product from the isles\u2019 lone sweetener manufacturer. Marketing of Mahonda-based factory product had sparked mayhem, attracting the intervention of Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa, who early this month banned sugar imports to Zanzibar to create […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,5,8],"tags":[53,1473,2271],"class_list":["post-4242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-economy","category-homepage-english","tag-kassim-majaliwa","tag-sugar","tag-zanzibar-sugar-factory"],"yoast_head":"\nFACTORY EMPTIES 3,000 TONNES OF SUGAR STOCKPILE - Tanzania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ZANZIBAR Sugar Factory Limited has emptied its entire 3,000 tonnes of sugar stockpile, with the government guaranteeing the market for the product\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/economy\/factory-empties-3000-tonnes-of-sugar-stockpile\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FACTORY EMPTIES 3,000 TONNES OF SUGAR STOCKPILE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ZANZIBAR Sugar Factory Limited has emptied its entire 3,000 tonnes of sugar stockpile, with the government guaranteeing the market for the product\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/economy\/factory-empties-3000-tonnes-of-sugar-stockpile\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tanzania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-25T14:42:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2020\/02\/df0b2b55cbc019917955dc60eda4319c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"627\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/economy\/factory-empties-3000-tonnes-of-sugar-stockpile#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/economy\/factory-empties-3000-tonnes-of-sugar-stockpile\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"FACTORY EMPTIES 3,000 TONNES OF SUGAR STOCKPILE\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-25T14:42:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/economy\/factory-empties-3000-tonnes-of-sugar-stockpile\"},\"wordCount\":187,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/economy\/factory-empties-3000-tonnes-of-sugar-stockpile#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2020\/02\/df0b2b55cbc019917955dc60eda4319c.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kassim Majaliwa\",\"Sugar\",\"ZANZIBAR Sugar Factory\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"Economy\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/economy\/factory-empties-3000-tonnes-of-sugar-stockpile#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/economy\/factory-empties-3000-tonnes-of-sugar-stockpile\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/economy\/factory-empties-3000-tonnes-of-sugar-stockpile\",\"name\":\"FACTORY EMPTIES 3,000 TONNES OF SUGAR STOCKPILE - 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