Selasa , 11 Sep 2012, 19:36 WIB

Govt finally issues sugar import permits

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Government has issued import permits of raw sugar for seven state-owned and private sugar refineries in an amount of up to 173,000 tonnes. Only one state own...

Senin , 27 Aug 2012, 20:00 WIB

Indonesia to import raw sugar

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesia will import raw sugar this year to utilize idle capacity in several mills, the Vice Minister of Trade Bayu Krisnamurthi, said. The import of raw sugar enables the mills to fully produce sugar. "By nature, we can only harvest the sugar cane once in five or six months. The milling process in Indonesia is only six months,"...