IMPORT ORDER. A copy of Memorandum Circular 11 dated May 2, 2022 issued by Sugar Regulatory Administration chief Hermenegildo Serafica and a copy of which was obtained by the United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED). The directive states that SRA is now processing applications from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao traders, except Western Visayas, to import 200,000 metric tons of standard grade refined sugar and bottler's grade refined sugar.(Image courtesy of UNIFED) BACOLOD CITY - The country's biggest sugar producers group with more than 30,000 member-planters has called out the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) for proceeding with the importation of refined sugar even with a pending case against such action. In a statement on Thursday, United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED) president Manuel Lamata, who is based in Negros Occidental, said they will ask the courts to cite Agriculture Secretary William Dar and SRA Administrator Herme