The head of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) on friday assured industry stakeholders that the produce of local sugarcane farmers would not be adversely affected by the entry of sugar products from abroad.
The Department of Trade and Industry is probing the possible triggers that may have caused the P6-per-kilogram spike in the prices of sugar in the retail market.
The Philippine sugar industry expects higher yield from Luzon and Mindanao, where warm weather has helped boost production, industry stakeholders said. Archimedes Amarra of Roxas Holdings Inc. said the Philippine Sugar Board may in fact review its production forecast by next month in response to reports of improved sugarcane production. Amarra used to be the [...]
The Philippine Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has issued a new sugar order allowing traders to divert sugar meant for local consumption to the export market in order to ease the oversupply in the domestic market. SRA Administrator Ma. Regina Bautista-Martin said in a phone interview that traders would return the equivalent volume taken from category [...]
