by 1991, the mill was producing eight percent of sugar in hawaii as the waialua sugar company, a subsidiary of the dole food company. however, the plantation was unable to increase the tons of sugar per acre yields. the waialua sugar mill finally closed in october, 1996 due to profit concerns and was the last sugarcane plantation on the island of oahu to close. by 1999, the old sugar workers camp was still inhabited by former filipino laborers. the area currently serves as an industrial park for the north shore of oahu.