Southern African Customs Union Statistics  The Southern African sugar season runs from April to March
The South African Customs Union (SACU) market is of major significance for both the South African and Swaziland sugar industries. During the season, total sales into SACU amounted to 1.866 million tons, about 80% being refined sugar and the balance brown sugar. The South African sugar industry supplied 1.363 million tons, Swaziland 307 000 tons and Zimbabwe and other Southern African Development Community (SADC) sugar producing countries 71 000 tons. Duty-paid imports amounted to 125 000 tons of sugar.
Total cane production in the SACU region amounted to 24.8 million tons, slightly lower than that of 2006/07 due to weather-related factors.	As a result of an increase in domestic sales in both South Africa and Swaziland, the export availability of both countries was marginally reduced.
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