Sugar firms suffer loss<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (Antara): Most of the 55 sugar factories located in
\nJava, suffered losses lately, the chief director of the state-
\nowned PT Perkebunan Nusantara IX, Bambang Sardjono, said
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
He said that the losses were not caused by to old age of the
\nfactories concerned which are mostly remnants of the Dutch
\ncolonial era, but more due to the limited area of land for
\nsugar cane cultivation in Java.<\/p>\n
Despite their old age, these sugar factories have equipments
\nwhich are still in good condition.<\/p>\n
Regular renovations annually conducted on the factories'
\nmachineries have kept the factories' milling capacity on par, but
\nthe fast dwindling area of land for sugar cane cultivation has
\nbeen the main cause of the production decline, Sardjono said.<\/p>\n
During 108 days of milling in last year's milling season, the
\n13 sugar factories in Central Java which have milling capacities
\nof 254,000 quintals of sugar canes per day, were only able to
\nmill an average of 210,000 quintals per day.<\/p>\n
In 1995\/1996 Central Java had a sugar cane cultivated area of
\n43,000 hectares but it declined to 41,000 hectares in the
\nfollowing year.<\/p>",
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