Uganda sugar imports most expensive among Comesa markets
Monday, June 29, 2020 0:01
By GERALD ANDAE
Workers load bags of sugar on a truck at the port of Mombasa.
FILE PHOTO | NMG
Sugar from Uganda was the most expensive in May imports, signalling high prices for consumers in the coming days.
Data from the Sugar Directorate indicates a tonne of sugar imported from Uganda cost Sh64,420 compared with countries like Zimbabwe where the same quantity fetched Sh59,279, Egypt (Sh61,842) and Mauritius (Sh59,342).
Sugar from East Africa Community, precisely from Uganda was landing at an average price of Sh64,420 per tonne," said the directorate.
Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) of the landed commodity in Mombasa for the imported table sugar averaged Sh60,117 per tonne in the review period.
