Beverage industry needs own sugar import orders – solon

MANILA, Philippines --- The beverage industry should have its separate sugar importation orders so as not to affect the price in the local market, San Jose del Monte Rep. Florida Robes said in a statement on Saturday. Robes is the chair of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability and the Committee on Agriculture and Food. She noted that imported refined sugar for the beverage industry accounts for more than 50 percent of the country's consumption. "Since the beverage industry is consuming more sugar, it is also contributing to the consolidated demand for the country, hence the high cost of sugar in the retail market. Under the proposed scheme, the SRA...

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