Archived Articles

March 8, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/otQstw

European Union sugar production is expected to rebound in 2016/17 from the previous season's low level, the European Commission said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

EU white sugar production declined to 15 million tonnes in 2015/16, down sharply from the record 19.5 million tonnes the previous year, the Commission…

March 8, 2016 Mary Grace Padin (Business Mirror) | http://goo.gl/mWMua7

THE Philippines will be allowed to export more sugar to the United States at reduced tariff rates, after Washington provided Manila with an additional 12,194 metric tons (MT) of raw sugarcane allocation.

The additional raw-sugar allocation for fiscal year 2016 was announced by the US Trade…

March 7, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/mEPDXV

Data provider Platts has cut its global sugar deficit forecasts for this and next season due to higher than expected production in top grower Brazil. It cut its 2015/16 (October-September) deficit forecast to 4.86 million tonnes, from a forecast it made last month for a deficit of 5.26 million tonnes, according to Reuters…

March 7, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/3t0f6a

Japan and Indonesia will invest in a Thai-Russian sugar refinery in the Sovetskaya Gavan Special Economic Zone in the Russian Far East, according to Russia Beyond the Headlines.

The refinery, being built near the city of Khabarovsk, is a joint venture between Thailand's Sutech Engineering (80%) and the Khabarovsk…

March 7, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/TtEPeq

Senator Joseph Victor Ejercito Saturday said he expects the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Bill that he authored to prevent the demise of agriculture in the country, to be signed into law by the president soon, according to the Philippines' Visayan Daily Star newspaper.

He said the bill that will also save Negros…