MAURITIAN SUGAR EXPORTS FALL IN FEBRUARY
Mauritius exported 47,144 tonnes of
sugar (tel quel) in February, down from 57,911 tonnes (tel
quel) shipped in January and 89,351 in February 1986, the
Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture's Sugar News Bulletin said.
    Opening stocks at the beginning of last month totalled
320,057 tonnes, against 288,406 tonnes at the start of February
last year. Closing stocks at the end of February were 270,212
tonnes, up from 196,309 tonnes at end-February 1986.
    The estimate for 1986 sugar production was unchanged from
last month at 748,472 tonnes, raw value, the Chamber said.
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