Rabat- Morocco's national consumption of sugar has reached 1.2 million tons per year with an annual increase of 1.2 percent, said the Ministry Delegate for Public Affairs and Governance in a recent statement.
1.2 million tons per year is equivalent to 36 kilos per capita, per year. The Minister noted that the prices of sugar, all kinds of sugar, are regulated by the state and are subsidized by the Compensation Fund. All prices have remained stable and have had no official increase since August 2006.
Sugar products receive MAD 2,847 per ton in subsidies, which amounts to 2.8 dirhams per kilo, according to the statement.
The total amount of subsidies in 2013 was MAD 3.5 billion, according to Ministry data.