South Africa's sugar industry has pleaded with the government not to raise sugar taxes further

According to a report on the South African independent media website on January 11, Terricks Trikam, executive director of the South African Sugar Association (Sasa), said that the South African sugar industry is optimistic about sugar production this year, and soft commodity sales in the local market will increase
.
Heavy rains and floods in April last year had a negative impact on the South African sugar industry, with the South African Sugarcane Growers' Association (Sacga) estimating total losses (including its members/constituencies) at around R223 million and the South African Farmers' Development Association (Safda) estimating the total cost of losses (including its members/constituencies) at around R113.
59 million
。 Mr Tricam said the so-called "sugar tax" (i.
e.
the health promotion tax) continued to have a detrimental effect on South Africa's sugar industry, and Sasa hoped that the government would agree to its request not to raise the "sugar tax" rate and not lower the threshold for taxation, and pleaded with the government to suspend the "sugar tax"
for three to five years.