Cuba Sugar Crop Tops Hopes at 8 Million Tons
<i> Reuters</i>
HAVANA —
Cuba surprised international analysts today by announcing a higher-than-expected 1989-90 sugar production figure of just over 8 million tons after a harvest marked by bad weather and technical problems.
Granma, the official Communist Party newspaper, described the 8.04-million-ton crop as a “real labor achievement by our workers.” Sugar is the traditional mainstay of the Cuban economy, and the island is the world’s biggest exporter.
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