Consorcio Azucarero Central (CAC)

Industry

Biorefining

Topics

Sugar, palm oil & agri-commodity processing

Role

Producer — “…positioned as an efficient producer of sugarcane and sugar per hectare. - Products and offerings: Sugar produc…”

Why it is bioeconomy

Consorcio Azucarero Central (CAC) is a Dominican company dedicated to the cultivation and industrial production of sugar cane.

Found via

[Gap] Dominican Republic · energy

Not yet cited as a supplier in a graded solution.

Subsidiaries: Fundación Central Barahona

• 2023-07 Latest status: The lease agreement for the Ingenio Barahona between the Consejo Estatal del Azúcar (CEA) and the Consorcio Azucarero Central (CAC) was extended to the year 2070. ↗ ↗ ↗
• 2026-08-19 Productores agrícolas de localidades de Barahona denuncian que CAC pretende despojarlos de sus tierras
  CAC (Consorcio Azucarero Central) is alleged by more than 200 Barahona farmers to be attempting to dispossess them of hundreds of acres of land they claim to have occupied and farmed since the 1960s, reassigning the land for banana cultivation and other crops.
• 2026-09-02 Consorcio azucarero cosecha 748 mil toneladas de caña - Diario Libre
  The Consorcio Azucarero Central (CAC) in Barahona set a new record for the 2025-2026 zafra, harvesting 748,000 tons of cane and producing 81,124 tons of cream sugar, driven by investments in mechanization and irrigation, with plans to exceed 75% mechanization …
• 2026-08-28 Organizaciones campesinas convocan marcha contra el Consorcio Azucarero Central en la Región Enriquillo. | Vertice Crítico
  The article portrays the Consorcio Azucarero Central (CAC) as the company implicated in land disputes in the Barahona region, with campesino, comunitario, and social organizations demanding government intervention to clarify land titles, contract terms, and …
• 2026-08-19 El Consorcio Azucarero Central (CAC): Un gobierno "dentro de otro gobierno" en la región Enriquillo
  The article portrays the Consorcio Azucarero Central (CAC) as a powerful, quasi-autonomous entity within the Dominican Republic’s Enriquillo region, effectively exercising control over land, water, security, and local political actors, while operating with …
• 2026-08-12 Extienden hasta 2070 arriendo del ingenio Barahona; la opacidad caracterizó la negociación del contrato con el CAC - Pronosticamedia
  The article portrays Consorcio Azucarero Central (CAC) as the private entity now effectively in control of Barahona’s sugar complex under a renewed long-term lease extended to 2070, a move the report criticizes for opacity and alleged benefits to CAC at the …
• 2026-07-21 Consorcio Azucarero Central Barahona ve como una bendición irrigación de la caña por goteo; dice reducción del consumo de agua por tonelada de caña puede alcanzar hasta un 50%
  The Consorcio Azucarero Central (CAC) says its adoption of drip irrigation and fertigation has significantly boosted sugar cane productivity (nearly 40% more tons per hectare) and water use efficiency (over 85%), while reducing water usage by more than 30% …

Ownership & investors 2

Partners & deals 1

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