Low demand for Vietnamese sugar due to illegal imports of cheap sugar from countries like Thailand is badly affecting producers and sugarcane farmers. (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Sugar prices in domestic market have fallen sosharply that sugar mills and sugarcane farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Deltaare facing difficulties.
In some markets and supermarkets in HCM City, sugar from big local brands nowsells at 20,000-21,000 VND (0.88-0.92 USD) a kilogramme, down 1,000-1,500 VND(0.04-0.07 USD) from the end of last year.
The prices of other brands are lower at 18,000-18,500 VND (0.79-0.81 USD).
According to Nguyen Van Hai, General Secretary of the Vietnam Sugarcane andSugar Association (VSSA), sugar prices are low because domestic supply anddemand are well matched but a lot of cheap sugar is smuggled into the country.
Vietnamese producers cannot compete with imports.
For instance, the price of sugarcane in Thailand is only about 30 USD per tonnewhile in Vietnam it is around 50 USD, and sugarcane accounts for 75-80 percentof sugar costs.
According to the VSSA, at the end of last year world sugar prices fell by 25percent compared to the beginning of the year.
In a report last month Green Pool Commodity Specialists of Australia saidglobal sugar output last month topped 10.43 million tonnes, leading to a 48.4percent increase in inventories, the highest rate in 15 years, putting downwardpressure on prices.
All this directly affects sugarcane farmers.
The delta is the country’s largest sugarcane farming area with a total areaof 50,000ha under the crop.
Hau Giang province has the largest area under sugarcane, nearly11,000ha, and is the main supplier for two sugar mills, Con Long My Phat Sugarand Sugarcane Company and Can Tho Sugar Joint Stock Company (Casuco).
Last month, the sugar inventories at companies around the country wereestimated about 239,000 tonnes.-VNA
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Low demand for Vietnamese sugar due to illegal imports of cheap sugar from countries like Thailand is badly affecting producers and sugarcane farmers. (Source: VNA) 
