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Amid the ongoing sugar crisis, the prices of sugar produced by state-owned factories have been hiked by Tk 14.

A third of Ukraine's refineries will not operate in the coming sugar production year due to war and high gas prices, producers' union Ukrtsukor said on Tuesday. Ukraine produced 5 million tonnes of beet sugar in Soviet times, but production fell to 1 million tonnes due to lower demand, rising fuel prices and competition in export markets from cheaper cane sugar. European gas prices have reached $2,000 per 1,000 cubic metres and this is the main reason why 10 of 32 sugar refineries will not start up when the new production year begins on Sept 1, the union said.

THE Negros Occidental Regional Trial Court Branch 73 issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the implementation of the government’s 200,000-metric ton (MT) refined sugar importation program. The court’s Executive Judge Reginald M. Fuentebella issued the ex-parte TRO, which is effective for 20 days starting February 11 or until March…

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sugar Regulatory Administrator Hermenegildo Serafica yesterday issued a statement defending the move to import 200,000 metric tons

The Philippines plans to import 200,000 tonnes of standard and bottler's grade refined sugar to address a supply shortfall caused by crop damage from a powerful typhoon that hit plantations in December, the industry regulator said on Tuesday.