Sugar & Confectionery – Trade & Market Updates

Beyers Chocolate collapses after a dispute with Woolworths, ending a decades-long partnership and highlighting growing pressures in South Africa’s confectionery industry.

Kenya reduces sugarcane prices to Kes 5,500 per tonne following market consultations, citing increased supply and the need to balance farmer earnings with miller sustainability.

India’s sugar output rises 8% to 27.39 million tonnes, driven by strong production in Maharashtra and Karnataka, alongside improved recovery rates and faster mill operations nationwide.

Kenya targets ethanol, green energy and agro-industrial diversification in new sugar sector strategy aimed at boosting sustainability, exports and economic resilience.

Nigeria pushes Dangote Sugar to boost local output to 600,000 tonnes by 2030 as part of a broader strategy to reduce imports and achieve sugar self-sufficiency.