Homs-Sana
Director General of the General Organization for Sugar in Homs, Eng. Saad Eddin Al-Ali revealed that the proposed appropriation for the implementation of investment projects for sugar companies in Syria during the current year is estimated at 4 billion and 986 million Syrian pounds.
Al-Ali indicated in a statement to SANA reporter that the most important new projects planned to be implemented in the Tal Salhab Sugar Company include the rehabilitation of the lime kiln, the provision of electric motors, the provision and installation of heating pipes for the boiler, the provision of a belt gluing machine, the provision and installation of a pressure filter and network connection, the rehabilitation of the industrial water basin and the provision of spare parts. For precision instruments, vacuum pump and various metal replacements.
He said: Regarding the Homs Sugar Company, the investment plan includes the installation of a cooking device for the sugar factory, the network connection between the directorates and factories of the company and the public institution, and the installation of a screw compressor with a capacity of not less than 150 cubic meters per hour, with its own drying unit, and all accessories necessary for the alcohol factory and installation And the operation of a unit for cooling and diluting carbon gas with a capacity of 250 kg per hour, with a carbon storage unit with a capacity of 100 tons for the alcohol plant.
Al-Ali pointed out that the Foundation's plan to grow beets for the current season includes planting 14,155 tons of sugar beet seeds, on an area of 1,415 hectares in Hama governorate, to produce approximately 85,000 tons of sugar beet crop, resulting in 7,820 tons of white sugar after processing. And 3910 tons of milas.
For his part, Yassin Sahyouni, head of the Professional Union for Food Industries, stressed the importance of accelerating the process of rehabilitating the sugar industry companies, and working to provide all requirements to revive the cultivation of sugar beet, and expanding the cultivated areas in the regions of Al-Ghab, the countryside of Aleppo, Deir Ezzor and Raqqa, and providing marketing incentives to farmers, which guarantees the provision of sufficient raw materials. For the continuity of production in the sugar factories, pointing to the need to provide incentives to the cadres in the sugar factories, given the great efforts they make to maintain the machines and ensure the continuity of the production process in conjunction with the completion of the rehabilitation process and the increase in production.
A number of beet farmers in Al-Ghab region demanded the necessity of securing requirements for sugar beet cultivation, including fertilizers and diesel fuel, to ensure the success of growing the crop and securing sufficient water sources during the start of cultivation and providing all their needs of seeds, in addition to calculating the price of crops, the calculation on the minimum production level increases as productivity increases , which encourages the farmer to continue farming.
It is noteworthy that the value of sales of sugar companies affiliated to the General Organization during the past year amounted to 28 billion and 111 million pounds.
Abdul Hamid Junaidy
SANA Economic Bulletin
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