Tanzania, May 2 -- Dar es Salaam. As sugar manufacturing companies routinely suspend production to pave the way for stabilisation of sucrose levels in the sugarcane, the government has assured Tanzanians of a sustained supply of the sweetener.

The assurance comes following the importation of 82.5 percent of the 155,000 permitted metric tonnes as well as the stabilisation of wholesale and retail prices in most parts of the country.

Heavy rainfall that impounded different regions since November 2023 adversely affected domestic sugar production, forcing the government to issue import permits.

Heavy rainfall has also wreaked havoc in neighbouring countries, but routinely, Tanzania has been suspending sugar production between March and May ...