Cheap sugar imports from India, Madagascar cool prices

Trucks within the port of Mombasa waiting to be loaded with imported bagged sugar.  

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Cheap sugar imports from India and Madagascar have helped to ease the runaway price of the commodity in Kenya as traders avoided sourcing the sweetener from expensive markets.

Data from the Sugar Directorate shows Kenya brought in 8,740 tonnes of table sugar in February with India and Madagascar accounting for at least 80 percent of the total imports.

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