https://malaya.com.ph/business/shipping-transportation/sugar-prices-drop-on-oversupply/
18 November 2024
Sugar prices have been plummeting for three consecutive weeks, despite the announcement of the Department of Agriculture and Sugar Regulatory Administration that there is no immediate need for additional import, the Sugar Council and the National Congress of Unions in the Sugarcane Industry (NACUSIP) said.
17 November 2024
SUGAR producers said the supply of refined and raw sugar will be sufficient even after the government announced an import freeze until the middle of 2025.
8 November 2024
As the Christmas season approaches, the Department of Agriculture (DA) assured on Friday, Nov. 8, that the supply of agricultural products is stable, with imports supplementing local production to meet the country’s needs.
11 November 2024
THE Department of Agriculture said that it will postpone sugar imports until the middle of 2025, noting that domestic supply is expected to be stable.
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/11/12/2399442/p22-million-smuggled-sugar-seized-zamboanga
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Up to 900 sacks of suspected smuggled refined sugar worth about P2.2 million were seized at a private shipyard in this city at dawn yesterday.
September 1, 2024
Philippine News Agency - https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1232384
As the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) negotiate for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), local sugar millers and glass manufacturers urged the government to look into the sensitivity of sugar and glass products under the free trade agreement.
August 22, 2024
Malaya - https://malaya.com.ph/news_business/psma-amenable-to-2-wk-delay-in-sugar-milling/?amp
Sugar millers are amenable to the proposal of the government to delay the start of milling season for crop year 2024-2025 to allow sugarcane with better maturity.
August 22, 2024
Inquirer - https://business.inquirer.net/476108/sugar-firms-keen-on-later-milling
The Philippine Sugar Millers Association Inc. (PSMA) backs a proposal to postpone the start of the milling season by two weeks to improve their chances for a better yield.
In a statement on Wednesday, the PSMA said the two-week delay in milling could result in better cane maturity and possibly bigger volumes amid the adverse impact of the El Niño climate phenomenon on their harvest.
August 22, 2024
The Philippine Star https://www.philstar.com/business/2024/08/22/2379551/sugar-millers-open-allocating-entire-output-domestic-use
MANILA, Philippines — Sugar millers are warm to the possibility of allocating the entire sugar production in the next crop year for domestic consumption considering the ill effects of El Niño on sugarcane yield.
August 19, 2024
Manila Times | https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/08/19/business/top-business/philippines-starts-shipping-raw-sugar-to-us/1964930
THE Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) announced on Sunday the start of loading for the shipment of 25,300 metric tons (MT) of raw sugar to fulfill the country's sugar allocation quota to the United States as provided in Sugar Order (SO) 3.