List of sugar manufacturers in Uganda

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This is a list of sugar manufacturers in Uganda . [1]

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Large sugar manufacturers

Established sugar manufacturers in Uganda:

Small sugar manufacturers

In November 2011, the Uganda government licensed a number of new sugar manufacturers, to address the sugar deficits that had hit the country. [2] [3]

Output and market share

As of December 2014, the output and market share of each manufacturer is summarized in the table below: [11] [12] [13]

Annual output and market share of sugar manufacturers in Uganda
RankName of manufacturer2014 output (metric tonnes)Market share
1Kakira Sugar Works Limited
180,000 [14]
41.06%
2Kinyara Sugar Works Limited
120,360 [14]
27.45%
3Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited
73,500 [14]
16.77%
4Sugar & Allied Industries Limited
29,500 [14]
6.73%
5Others
35,000 [14]
7.98%
Total
438,400 [14]
100.00%

In April 2020, Uganda's annual sugar output was estimated at 510,000 metric tonnes. With Uganda's annual consumption of 360,000 metric tonnes, approximately 150,000 metric tonnes annually are available for export. [15]

As of November 2020, national sugar output was estimated at 550,000 metric tonnes annually. At the same time, annual national consumption was estimated at 370,000 metric tonnes. This leaves a surplus of approximately 180,000 metric tonnes annually. Due to refusal by three of Uganda's immediate neighbors (Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania) to allow sugar imports from Uganda, the national sugar stockpile, as of November 2020, was estimated at 160,000 metric tonnes of crystalline sugar powder, worth about US$45 million. The country is now looking at regional markets, including Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Zambia. [16]

In February 2022, national sugar production was estimated at 600,000 metric tonnes annually, with national consumption of about 380,000 metric tonnes. That left approximately 220,000 metric tonnes available for export, annually. [17] [18] In October 2022, it was projected that the country would produce 822,000 metric tonnes in calendar year 2022. About 720,000 metric tonnes of that, would be brown table sugar and about 102,000 metric tonnes would be white industrial sugar. [19] [20]

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  10. ↑ Businge, Julius (21 February 2014). "Sugar Gets Even Sweeter". The Independent (Uganda) . Kampala. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  11. ↑ Ojambo, Fred (3 February 2014). "Uganda's Sugar Output Seen Climbing A Third Year On More Cane". Bloomberg News . Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  12. ↑ Fred Ojambo (14 July 2014). "Uganda Sugar Exports Curbed By Wars, Regional Trade Barriers". Bloomberg News . Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  13. ↑ Mwaniki Wahome (11 December 2014). "Ugandan Sugar Barons Finally Find Way To Export Sweetener To Kenya". The EastAfrican . Nairobi. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mubiru, Wilberforce (1 April 2015). "The Uganda Sugar Manufacturers' Association: Seventh Annual Report For Calendar Year 2014" (PDF). Uganda Sugar Manufacturers' Associatuion. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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  16. ↑ Dorothy Nakaweesi (2 November 2020). "Sugar stockpiles grow to Shs168b". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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  18. ↑ Brian Musaasizi (5 February 2022). "Museveni Commissions Country's First Sugar Refinery Constructed by Kinyara Sugar". Red Pepper . Mukono, Uganda. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
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