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Preferential Markets

Eswatini sugar is mainly sold in the following markets – the domestic market (Eswatini and the wider SACU region), the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), the United States of America (US) and the regional market (wider Southern and East Africa). The SACU market is protected by a common external tariff on sugar imported into the customs union. Market access to the EU and UK is accorded through the respective SADC Economic Partnership Agreements, which offer duty– free quota –free access for Eswatini sugar into the market.

The volumes of sugar sold to the US are through a tariff rate quota (TRQ)  regime to which the United States is committed under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement. Preferences are being sought within the SADC and COMESA regions, and within the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (TFTA) and Africa Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA), in a bid to diversify the markets in which our sugar is sold. 

Our Markets

 
EU and UK: Sales to the EU and the UK benefit from preferential market access under the terms of the Economic Partnership Agreements, which permit duty-free quota-free access.  Sugar sales to the EU and UK are in the from of raw sugar (for further refining), direct consumption sugar and specialty sugars.

US : Sales into the US benefit from the a Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ), which allows access on preferential terms for a limited volume of a minimum of , and amount to about 16 500 tons per annum. 

SACU : Sales into the SACU market are mainly through local-based entities (including pre-packers, industrial users and manufacturers). Eswatini Sugar currently provides a value-added rebate for value– adding industries located within Eswatini. 

Region/World : Sales into the world and regional market are largely representative of residual sales, as this market is characterized by generally low prices, as they are pegged to the world market price. 

Five-Year Sugar Sales to Different Markets: 2019/20– 2024/25

 
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