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Final cane payment for 2020 on Friday

October 27, 2021 5:03 am

The Sugar Industry Tribunal has certified $143,506,937 as the net share of the sugarcane growers’ cane proceed for the 2020 season.

Registrar Timothy Brown says that the Fiji Sugar Corporation will pay $12.05 per tonne of cane as the final cane payment to growers for the 2020 season.

He adds that the payment will be made to growers this Friday.

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Brown adds that the government’s contribution to guaranteed cane price for the 2020 season is $24.84 per tonne.

The registrar adds this brings the total gross guaranteed cane price for the season to $85 per tonne cane.