"Al-Khaleej Sugar refinery has resumed production from today and is expected to produce 6,000 metric tons per day," Cyrus Raja, general manager of Al-Khaleej, told Reuters. 

Al-Khaleej shut operations on April 8 due to slow demand.  It had earlier shut down on Feb. 1 this year due to the low premium commanded by white sugar over raw sugar but reopened on Feb 28.