(Business in Cameroon) - In the last ten years, Société Anonyme des Brasseries du Cameroon (SABC)’s sugar purchase from Société sucrière du Cameroun (Sosucam) increased by 58%, increasing the sugar seller’s turnover by 62%.

This was revealed by Louis Yinda, managing director of Sosucam, in a publication released in the framework of SABC’s 70 years of existence.

According to official figures, the local subsidiary of Castel group buys 30,000 tons of sugar produced by Sosucam each year. This volume represents 20% of the sugar produced annually by the group which supplies 55,000 tons to 60,000 tons of sugar on average to agroindustries in Cameroon every year.

Let’s remind that SABC is also an important partner of Maïserie du Cameroon (Maiscam), an agroindustry company located in the North which supplies 100% (10,000 tons) of the corn grits it produces to the leader of the brewery sector.  

SABC reveals that it usually imports raw materials to complement the volumes bought locally since the national production is limited and should not only supply the agro-industries and the households’ ever-increasing demand.

Brice R. Mbodiam