date:Oct 30, 2018
ugar Organization.
But a prolonged drought, Hurricane Irma last September and out-of-season rainfall devastated the next crop. Official figures have not been released, but based on state-run media reports and sector sources, Reuters estimates the 2017-2018 harvest weighed in at just over a million metric tons, similar to harvests of more than a century ago.
Cuba consumes between 600,000 and 700,000 metric tons of sugar a year and has an agreement to sell China 400,000 metric tons annually. It