Sugar millers nix automatic import privilegeIn a statement, the Philippine Sugar Millers Association (PSMA) expressed its opposition to any proposed order seeking to link domestic sugar buying or exports to an automatic import privilege. MANILA, Philippines — A group of sugar millers has renewed its call to halt any guaranteed import replenishment scheme for raw sugar, warning that it could drown the local industry in oversupply. In a statement, the Philippine Sugar Millers Association (PSMA) expressed its opposition to any proposed order seeking to link domestic sugar buying or exports to an automatic import privilege. Latest SRA data showed that farmgate prices of raw sugar stood at P2,174 per 50-kilo bag as of Dec. 21, 2025. Recently, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. approved the export of 100,000 metric tons of raw sugar to the US to support farmgate prices and reduce domestic supplies.

Source: Philippine Star January 15, 2026 16:39 UTC