ABSTRACT
The world sugar industry is presently undergoing a period of rapid change, for which both producing and consuming countries are ill-prepared, and to which they have responded with inappropriate policies. The principal aims and objectives of such a policy as well as its operational details would obviously have to be worked out among the members. African countries import refined sugar while the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states export principally raw sugar. Some ACP states export limited quantities of plantation ‘whites’, which, though not a perfect substitute is considered an adequate alternative to European Economic Community refined. An essential element of any strategy for developing new markets is the need to expand the consumption of sugar. Sugar-producing countries are actively examining the possibility of establishing their own gasohol industries, partly in an attempt to reduce the cost of their fuel bills and partly to develop their own energy programme based on an indigenous renewable source of energy.
