Camagüey began sugar harvest

By:Lucilo Tejera Díaz

The sugar harvest began in this county with two of the four power stations that will operate in the campaign that one waits lasts until beginnings of April. The geniuses that undertook the one milled of the cane were Argentina and Siboney.

Camagüey was for under in cane seed

In the course of January the factories Battle of The Guásimas and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes will be added that maybe advance the one started up one week before the foreseen date, as declared Vladimir Pérez, president of the Sugar Managerial Group (GEA) Camagüey.

The little matter readiness prevails in the fields this year has been accentuated, partly for the affectations of the hurricanes of 2008. Camagüey has eight industries, but in the last years intervene in the harvests five or six.

The situation is so difficult that in the current mill the geniuses Siboney and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, located in the central fringe of the county, will process the 39 and 61 percent of the cane, respectively, coming from plantations in the north area, in accordance with the control room and analysis of the GEA.

Starting from that reality, Camagüey plan to elaborate in this occasion 86 percent of the raw that achieved in the previous campaign.

With the prices of the sugar in rise in the world market - to 27,62 cents of dollar it is traded on the stock exchange now -, Cuba will carry out the harvest with 44 industries.