Reunion Island planters are preparing to begin the 2024 sugar campaign. The joint factory commission for the North and East met this Friday, June 28. The first sugar cane crushing tests are scheduled for Wednesday, July 3. Deposits will be made the day before.
The first tests at the Bois-Rouge factory in Sainte-Suzanne are scheduled for Wednesday July 3. The rods will be left the day before, on Tuesday. Barring an unforeseen event, the sugar campaign could therefore begin on Monday July 8 or Tuesday July 9 for the North and East basin.
Dates defined by the joint factory commission which met this Friday, June 28 afternoon. A new meeting is planned for next Friday, it should confirm them or define others.
It is with great pessimism that planters approach the 2024 sugar campaign. The impact of cyclone Belal and the delay in the maturity of the cane during the last campaign are worrying.
A little bit of Belal, a little bit of disappearance of molecules and a little bit of disappearance of labor means that we will not have an exceptional campaign. We will have a very average campaign.
Isidore Laravine, president of the Bois-Rouge Joint Factory Commission
Last year 1.43 million tonnes of cane were delivered. If the tonnage was greater than expected, the wealth was in decline. The worst year was 2022 with 1.31 million tonnes of cane.
In 2023, the Bois-Rouge factory had received nearly 700,000 tonnes. Estimates for this year vary between 695,000 tonnes for the technical center and 787,000 tonnes for the planters. The manufacturer is counting more on 720,000 to 740,000 tonnes.
A factory owner who is serene as the start of the campaign approaches. We are more comfortable than last year, since we had a significant delay with the Albioma works. “, recalls Marc Thiery, the agricultural manager of the Bois-Rouge sugar factory. Since then, major work has been carried out.
