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FoodNavigator-Asia.com  (RJ Whitehead) |http://goo.gl/gDzWH8

Sweetened drinks shouldn’t even be subject to excise duty, never mind an elevated sugar tax, according to the Indonesian drinks industry.

The chairman of the Soft Drinks Industry Association said such a move would result in massive job losses across the value chain and have little impact on public health…

The Philippine Star (Czeriza Valencia) | http://goo.gl/CKRWQw

MANILA, Philippines - The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is allowing the reallocation of sugar meant for the domestic market for shipment to the United States to fulfill its export quota.

SRA administrator Ma. Regina Martin said yesterday a sugar order would be issued to fill up the US…

October 8, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/xmXHkm

Sugarcane crush volumes in the key Center-South region of Brazil in the second half (2H) of September are expected to total 40.62 million metric tonnes, according tot a survey of analysts conducted Wednesday by Platts' Kingsman, an agriculture analysis unit of Platts.

The consensus estimate accounts for an average…

October 8, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/4Lg4O1

Indonesia may relax its raw sugar import regulations to set quotas every six months rather than quarterly, the industry minister said, as it tries to avoid supply shortages that led to refinery closures last year, according to Reuters.

Many sugar refineries in Indonesia, one of the world's biggest buyers, were…

October 8, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/MCdLDE

The SRA has sent funding proposals to the National Irrigation Agency (NIA) for shallow tube wells (PHP595 million-US$12.8 million) and cloud seeding operations (PHP11 million), said SRA Planning and Policy Manager Rosemarie S. Gumera in a phone call, according to the Philippines' Business World.

This follows SRA…