date:Oct 30, 2018
t more sugar.
The harvest usually begins with a few mills operating in late November, and about 50 crunching cane by mid-January as dry and cool weather set in. Most mills close by May.
This year 20 mills are scheduled to operate in November, with the first opening next week, and all but two are scheduled to open before the end of the year, to halt further sugar imports.
Sugar was long Cubas most important industry and export, with output reaching 8 million metric tons in 1991. It now ranks b