Zambia Sugar Plc

Posted by Staff Writer on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 7:07pm.

Nakambala Estate, Mazabuka

P.O. Box. Not Available

Phone No.  716 260 3230666

Fax No. 716 260 3230385

Chairman Graham J. Clark

CEO or MD  J. P.M. De Robillard

Name of External Affairs or Press Contact  L. M. Sievu

Zambia Sugar Plc is a Zambia-based sugar producer. The Company’s principal activities are the cultivation of sugarcane and the production of sugar for sale into local and export markets. Zambia Sugar Plc grows sugarcane in the Mazabuka district where its packaging and distribution operations are also carried out, and 35% of its cane is supplied by outgrowers. Additionally, the Company manufactures a range of sugar-based products in its Nakambala facility. Molasses, a by-product of the sugar milling operation is sold mainly as stock feed into both domestic and regional markets. Approximately 45% of sugar produced is sold on the domestic market for industrial and home consumption, whereas 10% is exported to the European Union. Zambia Sugar Plc’s sugar is sold under the Whitespoon label, and direct-consumption domestic market sugar is marketed under the Vitamin-A fortified brand.