MAURITIAN SUGAR EXPORTS FALL IN FEBRUARY

  Mauritius exported 47,144 tonnes of
  sugar (tel quel) in February, down from 57,911 tonnes (tel
  quel) shipped in January and 89,351 in February 1986, the
  Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture's Sugar News Bulletin said.
      Opening stocks at the beginning of last month totalled
  320,057 tonnes, against 288,406 tonnes at the start of February
  last year. Closing stocks at the end of February were 270,212
  tonnes, up from 196,309 tonnes at end-February 1986.
      The estimate for 1986 sugar production was unchanged from
  last month at 748,472 tonnes, raw value, the Chamber said.
  

