THE Sugar Board of Tanzania (SBT) has urged local sugar producers to sell their product at competitive prices while the government is working on a plan to grant them permits to export the excess stock.
SBT Acting Director General, Mr Henry Semwanza told the 'Daily News' in Dar es Salaam admitted that there was excess sugar in the local market due to 'untimed importation' of the commodity. He was reacting to complaints from local producers that cheap imported sugar in circulation has made them suffer massive losses.
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