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January 13, 2015 Philippine Daily Inquirer By Jerry Esplanada

MANILA, Philippines–Customs Commissioner John Phillip Sevilla has ordered an investigation into the disappearance of more than half of the 1,171 sacks of smuggled Malaysian sugar seized earlier by a joint team of Bureau of Customs (BOC) agents and law personnel operatives in Zamboanga City.

Customs Deputy Commissioner for the Intelligence…

January 12, 2015 CNN By Diane McCarthy

(CNN)In the gentle yet fiercely warm surrounds of the southern Ugandan countryside, Mwanja Banuli looks on as farmhands fill his truck with sugar cane.

Packing this rough, woody crop is heavy going and making sure every inch of space is utilized is key. Transport costs money, after all, and this humble sugar farmer has lots of costs to consider.

January 12, 2015 Philippine Daily Inquirer By Julie Alipala

ZAMBOANGA CITY— Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar blew her top when she was informed on Friday that more than half of the 1,171 sacks of Malaysian sugar, which were seized by police and the Philippine Coast Guard for being smuggled, have disappeared.

 Salazar rushed to the Bureau of Customs (BOC) office here and confronted district…

January 09, 2015 BusinessDay By Odinaka Anudu

To end product import and tap into the growth spurt in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market, Nigeria’s sugar investors are expanding plantations as they aggressively acquire large expanses of land, while also developing new varieties of sugar cane , BusinessDay has gathered.

 Sugar makers are vigorously keying into the Federal Government’s…

January 08, 2015 Reuters By Chris Prentice

Louis Dreyfus Commodities' Imperial Sugar Co and AmCane Sugar LLC have challenged the U.S.-Mexico trade deal, warning that the pact potentially harms domestic sugar refiners and prolonging a long-running dispute between the two countries.

In a filing on Thursday, Imperial asked the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to review suspension agreements…