Discussions initiated with China, Iran, African countries to export sugar: Minister

By  Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera

Colombo, June 3 (Daily Mirror) - The government has initiated discussions with China, Iran and several African countries to export locally manufactured brown sugar as a variety of organic sugar, Minister of Industries Sunil Handunnetti said today.

He told Parliament that there is a high demand for organic sugar in the world market and that brown sugar manufactured in Sri Lanka is high in organic percentage.

Responding to a question by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, he said the move to export brown sugar is one option to raise the revenue of the sugar factories.