Ethiopia Sugar Corporation

The average annual production capacity of Finchaa Sugar Factory has reached 110,000 tons of sugar while it has the capacity of producing 8 million liters of ethanol per year. And, until December, 2011 it had been the only factory in the country that produces ethanol. The factory has carried out expansion projects both on its sugarcane plantation and sugar mill.  Its agricultural expansion project is carried out around the areas known as East Bank & Neshie located on the eastern side of Finchaa River and also on the idle areas found on the western side of the river. The factory through the agricultural expansion project brought its total sugarcane plantation close to 21,000 hectares. By the expansion project, the 5,000 tcd plant is upgraded to 12,000 tcd together with the expansion.