Jamaica seeks ethanol, cuts sugar, molasses output

Forbes.com
Associated Press 09.19.08, 6:15 PM ET

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -
Jamaica says it will cut sugar and molasses production by more than half when a Brazilian renewable energy company takes over the government's five sugar estates.

The island expects to produce only 62,000 tons (56,000 metric tons) of sugar and 28,000 tons (25,000 metric tons) of molasses by 2010.

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