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Production Statistics - Molasses |
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Molasses is a by-product of the sugar production process.
It is produced at all three mills. The average annual molasses production is 187 492.5 tons for last two seasons (2007/08 and 2008/09). Molasses production by the three mills in 2008/09, including estimated production for 2009/10, is as follows: | Producer | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 (estimates) | | Simunye | 62 482 | 66 404 | 57 190 | 61 050 | | Mhlume | 47 602 | 49 900 | 51 794 | 54 600 | | Ubombo | 78 235 | 78 028 | 71 669 | 74 210 | | Total | 188 319 | 194 332 | 180 653 | 189 860 |
The two main distillers, USA Distillers and RSSC Distillers, use most of the molasses for the production of alcohol. The rest is sold to small local and foreign customers who use it as an input for food production as well as for animal feed. |
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