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June 17, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/ww6FkU

Fourteen Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs) in Cadiz City and Manapla in Negros Occidental are under evaluation for eligibility in the Inclusive Partnerships for Agricultural Competitiveness (IPAC) Project to be funded by the World Bank (WB), said Milagros Flores, northern Negros Provincial Agrarian Reform…

June 17, 2015Czeriza Valencia (Philippine Star) | http://goo.gl/OnpCLd

MANILA, Philippines - The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has lowered the conversion fee for world market “D” sugar to domestic “B” sugar under the ongoing reallocation of stocks.

Through a sugar order dated June 10, SRA administrator Ma. Regina Martin ordered the reduction of the…

June 16, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/CJmTZ7

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has made another change to his proposed budget for the next fiscal beginning next month, according to Bangladesh's News24.

According to the amendment, no tax will be charged on imported dry chilli, oil seed, refined and unrefined edible oil, rice, wheat, and refined and unrefined sugar.…

June 16, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/451KQH

During the financial year 2014/15 the government issued permits for importation of over 100,000 metric tonnes of consumable sugar between March and May, this year, owing to shortage of the sweetener in the local market, the National Assembly heard, according to Tanzania's Daily News.

Deputy Minister for Agriculture,…

June 16, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/wSqPJC

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized PHP13 million (US$287.903) worth of smuggled sugar from Thailand stuffed in 8 40-footer container vans at the Manila International Container Port (MICP), according to the Philippines' GMA TV News.

The shipments, which were declared as "school and office supplies and children's toys"…