The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is keeping its sugar production forecast for crop year 2012-2013 at 2.356 million metric tons (MT).

SRA administrator Ma. Regina Bautista-Martin said the sugar industry remains resilient despite the onslaught of Typhoon Pablo and tropical storm Quinta that hit Mindanao and Visayas sugar-producing areas.

Details on the Sugarcane Industry Roadmap for 2011 – 2016

The Sugar Regulatory Administration is conducting a thorough assessment of the damage of typhoon “Pablo” on sugarcane crops, which may cause a drop in this year’s production. Also, the sugar master plan is in place and is already being enforced to prepare the sugar industry for 2015, when the tariff on imported sugar entering the country drops to five percent.

In preparation for the coming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community in 2015, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia have formed the ASEAN Sugar Alliance (ASA).

A sugar forum with the theme “Meeting the Challenge of 2015” to address issues related to the impending tariff reduction on imported sugar will be held on September 14, 2012 at the Planta Centro Hotel

The House of Representatives’ committee on agriculture has approved a measure seeking to revitalize the country’s sugar cane industry via a development fund.

The Philippines has its lowered sugar export allocation despite a 5-percent projected increase in its production for crop year 2012-2013

Former Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri Saturday said he is calling for an extension on the lifting of tariffs on imported sugar from 2015 to 2018 to allow the Philippine sugar industry to be ready to survive

Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez is filing an expanded bill that aims to raise the value of sugarcane through the creation of integrated agro-industrial economic zones that will not only produce sugar, but fuel, power and other by-products, to enable the industry to survive trade liberalization beyond 2015

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