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January 11, 2016Butch Fernandez (Business Mirror) | http://goo.gl/piofqx

The Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill which seeks to clarify the definition of “raw sugar” and exempt it again from the 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).

Senate Bill (SB) 2987, which was authored by Sen. Sergio R. Osmeña III…

January 7, 2016Anahad O’Connor (New York Times) | http://goo.gl/KkyvWR

New federal dietary guidelines announced on Thursday urge Americans to drastically cut back on sugar, and for the first time have singled out teenage boys and men for eating too much meat, chicken and eggs.

Despite those warnings, the guidelines were also notable for what they did not say. While…

Sugaronline |http://goo.gl/cTWWdA January 7, 2016

Increasingly tight white sugar supplies early in 2016, as well as buoyant Chinese physical demand and a very poor EU sugar beet crop, are powering the premiums of white sugar prices over raw sugar to contract highs, according to Reuters.

The spot whites-over-raws premium traded in excess of US$90 per tonne on…

January 6, 2016Visayan Daily Star | http://goo.gl/umeRxF

The Visayas leg of the Roadshow of the Sugarcane Industry's Inclusive Plans and Projects for the Sugarcane Mill Districts was conducted yesterday by the Sugar Regulatory Administration in Bacolod City, a press release from SRA said.

SRA Administrator Ma. Regina Bautista-Martin urged representatives from the…

January 5, 2016The Economic Times | http://goo.gl/4sq9k9

LONDON/MUMBAI: Indian domestic sugar prices have surged, boosting incentives for production of low-quality white sugar for the local market and giving Brazil a competitive edge in the export market. 

Sugar prices in India have risen more than 15 percent in a month on concerns over lower than expected output…