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September 4, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/AY5jMd

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corp. on Aug. 28 said it reassigned 19,510 tons of surplus cane sugar and 31,896 tons of surplus beet sugar marketing allocations among domestic processors for fiscal 2015 (2014/15 marketing year), according to the US’s Food Business News.

The C.C.C.…

September 4, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/Cku4Hj

The Sugar Alliance of the Philippines (SAP) defended Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) chief Ma. Regina Martin amid the issues raised by some producers regarding the SRA policies, particularly its “D” sugar to “B” sugar reclassification/conversion program, according to the Philippines’ Sun.Star newspaper.

“We…

September 3, 2015Business World (Melissa Luz T. Lopez) | http://goo.gl/96DvJc

THE HOUSE of Representatives has approved a measure exempting brown sugar from value-added tax (VAT). The chamber approved on third and final reading last Tuesday a bill that expands the definition of raw cane sugar to include brown sugar, effectively exempting the commodity from VAT.

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September 1, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/OHZzpG

When representatives of Golden Grove Sugar Company and officials from the Sugar Industry Authority (SIA) sit down at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, they will be signing the documents to give marketing agency status to the estate, according to the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper.

It will become the second private sugar company to…

September 1, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/u9qVyF

India’s sugar market will be oversupplied for a sixth year next season as output in the world’s second- largest producer climbs to a record, Czarnikow Group Ltd. said, according to Bloomberg.

Production in the year starting in October will rise 1% to 28.9 million metric tonnes, beating the previous all- time high…