SRA issues import order for up to 150,000 metric tons of sugar

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A vendor sells sugar at the Bustillos market in Manila on Aug. 16, 2022. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/business/08/15/20220816-bustillos-market-sugar-jc-3.jpg"/><figcaption>A vendor sells sugar at the Bustillos market in Manila on Aug. 16, 2022. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div><p> <br/>MANILA — The Sugar Board of the Sugar Regulatory Administration has authorized the importation of up to 150,000 metric tons of refined sugar to augment supply. </p><p>Sugar Order number 2, which was signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., laid out the importation plan for crop year 2022-2023.</p><p>&quot;The maximum volume covered by this order shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand metric tons (150,000 MT) of refined sugar,&quot; said the order released Tuesday. </p><p>Half of the sugar to be imported will be for industrial use, while the other half will be for consumers, it added. </p><p>Sugar prices soared in the recent weeks due to a supposed supply shortage.</p><p>The document stated that registered sugar traders participating in the import program must ensure that their allocation would arrive in the Philippines before Nov. 15, 2022, and shall be given a month to distribute the sugar to their clients.</p><p>Prior to this, the SRA board also issued sugar order number 1, which allocated all locally produced sugar from September 2022 to August 2023 for domestic use.</p><p>Marcos and Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban signed both orders.</p><p>Sugar importation recently made headlines after the previous SRA board authorized the importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar, which the Palace said lacked Marcos&#x27; approval and was <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/11/22/resolution-to-import-300000-mt-of-sugar-illegal-palace">illegal</a>. </p><p>The issue prompted legislative probes and the resignation of several members of the SRA. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/16/22/sra-administrator-resigns-following-sugar-import-mess">SRA administrator resigns following sugar import mess</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/19/22/palace-major-supermarkets-to-sell-sugar-at-p70-a-kilo">Palace: Major supermarkets to sell sugar at P70 per kilo until supplies last</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/27/22/sugar-prices-taking-toll-on-sari-sari-store-goods-group">Snacks, drinks at sari-sari stores feeling brunt of soaring sugar prices, says group</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2188786" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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SRA issues import order for up to 150,000 metric tons of sugar

SRA issues import order for up to 150,000 metric tons of sugar

Jervis Manahan,

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Published Sep 14, 2022 12:19 PM PHT

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