The SA Sugar Converters Association claims that manufacturers are struggling to locate the now-costly commodity in SA and will turn to tariff-free Eswatini imports
A Tongaat Hulett sugar cane field. Picture: BLOOMBER/WALDO SWIEGERS
The SA Sugar Converters Association is extremely concerned about the claim in Bekezela Phakathi's report that there will be no sugar shortage despite the flood in KwaZulu-Natal, when in fact our members have been clearly warned to the contrary by suppliers. . Even as several manufacturers are struggling to locate sugar and have been forced to turn to imports, it is reported by growers that there is no shortage. We struggle to understand the logic or motive behind such claims. In many cases, we have members who have contacted several mills and have been unable to get an adequate supply.
It should in fact be the growers that sound the alarm, because this situation will surely lead to even more tariff-free sugar imports from Eswatini. While our members, who employ thousands of South Africans, are being forced to pay about 70% higher prices for sugar “to protect local growers”, Eswatini will again be the greatest beneficiary of SA’s huge import tariffs.
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