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January 18, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/B9RExq

The NHS will start to charge more for high-sugar drinks and snacks sold in hospitals, making it the first public body in the UK to bring in a sugar tax, according to the International Business Times.

The move will apply to sugary products sold in vending machines and cafes on hospital premises and aims to…

January 14, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/m4biPp

Nigeria's sugar investors are aggressively expanding operations with a view to ending product import from Brazil by 2018, according to Nigeria's Footprint to Africa.

Already, investors have injected over US$2.6 billion in the sugarcane to sugar value chain as well as in refining.

"With what is on ground and…

January 14, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/rYR9XS

After six years as a net exporter, Manila is likely to import sugar this year at a higher volume than earlier expected given tight supply caused by the prevailing dry spell, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said on Thursday, according to the Philippines' Manila Bulletin newspaper.

Ma. Regina Bautista-…

January 14, 2016 Butch Fernandez (Business Mirror)|http://goo.gl/6wqoQf

Acting on fears aired by sugar millers that Senate Bill (SB) 2987 exempting raw sugar and raw cane sugar from the value-added tax (VAT) could be open to “misinterpretations” by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and still lead to VAT imposition on these products, Sen. Sergio R. Osmeña III assured…

January 13, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/fgSe7U

Farmers in India's top sugar growing state of Maharashtra are being forced to replace cane with less water intensive crops, as a scorching drought drives authorities to hold back water from dams, according to Reuters.

The drop in plantings for the 2016/17 season - which one official estimated means acreage could…