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May 20, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/DfOq4x

Germany’s confectionery industry has sided with the federal government in a clash between the ruling parties in the country’s grand coalition, over whether to impose stiffer taxes on sugar to boost public health, reports Customs Today.

A proposal to raise the reduced VAT rate of 7% on confectionery and other sugar-…

May 20, 2015Visayan Daily Star by Carla P. Gomez | http://goo.gl/Zq2x93

A sugar industry leader yesterday aired alarm over the renewed smuggling of sugar into the country at a hearing by the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food yesterday.

Manuel Lamata, president of the United Sugar Producers Federation of the Philippines, aired his concern at the h earing held…

May 19, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/xPHWCo

Vietnam needs to improve the competitiveness of its sugar industry so it does not lose out in the South East Asian regional market, especially when the tax rate is cut to zero by 2018 as part of commitments to the ASEAN Economic Community, according to the Vietnam News.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao…

May 19, 2015http://goo.gl/8dZv3X

Roxas Pacific Bioenergy Corporation, The Philippines' largest bioethanol producer, plans to raise its production capacity by 21% by September via plant debottlenecking and by making improvements to its fermentation processes to raise overall efficiency levels, a company source said Tuesday, according to Platts.

Roxas’ bioethanol…

May 19, 2015http://goo.gl/JnUXdl

An 8.8-megawatt (MW) facility using GE’s gas engines will use organic waste from sugar cane and molasses from a nearby alcohol distillery to power 22,000 homes in the Philippines, according to Waste Management World.

Aboitiz Power subsidiary’s Aseagas Corporation, which focuses on renewable energy solutions, has inked an agreement…