A memorandum dated February 27 by Senior Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban directed Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) Administrator David Alba to clear the release of imported sugar under Sugar Order No. 6.
MANILA, Philippines– The Department of Agriculture approved the allocation of 440,000 metric tons of refined sugar to three handpicked companies, including the sugar that already arrived in the country prior to the approval of the import program.
The memo also specified that the sugar of All Asian Countertrade Inc. that already arrived in the country last February 9 or prior to the directive will be part of the company’s allocation.Recall that just last week, Senator Risa Hontiveros raised the alarm of a possible large-scale, state-sanctioned agricultural smuggling.
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