5. Conclusion
The sugar industry, mainly dominated by cane sugar mills, is a heavy industry that is evolving in line with European regulations, and is subject to extensive automation. As a result, this industrial sector is undergoing an ever-increasing concentration of production facilities.
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With beet containing between 16 and 19% sugar, and yields of around 10 to 11 tonnes of white sugar per hectare, metropolitan France produced 4.23 Mt (million tonnes) of white sugar in 2000-2001, with 35 factories whose average capacity in tonnes of beet per day is close to 11,769 t bett. / day. The number of sugar factories will continue to decline. Some industry specialists consider...
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