Sugar Act, 1978 (Act No. 9 of 1978)Sugar Industry Agreement, 2000Chapter 7 : South African Sugar Association and Disposal of Crop179 - 181. Determination of Local Market and Export Market |
| 179. | During each season, the South African Sugar Association shall in respect of each year determine estimates of the quantities of sugar required for the local market, including carry over stocks, and for the export market, respectively, and shall allocate to each mill, including a sugar beet mill, an allocation of each such quantity. Allocations so allocated to each mill shall be allocated separately in respect of local market refined sugar and local market brown sugar, on the one hand, and to export sugar on the other hand, and shall be determined for each such category, as may be applicable in each year in the proportion which each mill's total saleable production of sugar bears to the total quantity of saleable sugar produced by all mills, including sugar beet mills. |
[Clause 179 substituted by Notice No. 3770 of GG54123, dated 13 February 2026]
| 180. | As at 31 March of each season, the South Africa Sugar Association shall confirm and calculate the quantity of sugar actually sold and deemed to be sold into the local market and sold into the export market. The South African Sugar Association shall calculate each mill’s final allocation for the season as at 31 March in respect of local market refined sugar and local market brown sugar, on the one hand, and to export sugar on the other hand in the proportion which each mill's total saleable production of sugar bears to the total quantity of saleable sugar produced by all mills, including sugar beet mills. |
[Clause 180 substituted by Notice No. 3770 of GG54123, dated 13 February 2026]
| 181. | Each season, the South African Sugar Association shall verify the quantity of local market carry over stock which each mill or refiner has on hand as at 31 March of that season in the manner determined by the South African Sugar Association and all mills and refiners must cooperate fully to facilitate that verification. All carry over raw sugar which a mill or refiner has on hand as at 31 March shall be deemed to be refined sugar and the quantity of deemed refined sugar shall be the refined sugar equivalent tons determined as prescribed by the South African Sugar Association, from time to time provided that, at the beginning of each season, any estimated refining loss taken into account in calculating the conversion of carry over raw sugar to refined sugar for the preceding season shall be reversed. |
[Clause 181 inserted by Notice No. 3770 of GG54123, dated 13 February 2026]