A group of sugarcane planters on Thursday lamented that Sugar Order (SO) 6 provides the Department of Agriculture (DA) with “excessive” discretionary power in allocating the 440,000 metric tons (MT) of imported refined sugar. Know more:
A GROUP of sugarcane planters on Thursday lamented that Sugar Order 6 provides the Department of Agriculture with “excessive” discretionary power in allocating the 440,000 metric tons of imported refined sugar.
The group pointed out that SO 6 does not contain any provision that would “ensure transparency in the granting of import permits.” In the previous sugar import programs of the national government, the SRA board set a limit on the allowable import volume per importer or the allocation was prorated for each eligible importer.
Under Section 13 of SO 6, every allocation of imported sugar will be subjected to a bond of P850 per 50-kilogram bag unless otherwise waived or reduced by the DA in case of emergency, or when there is a need to address high consumer retail prices or upon justified circumstances. Citing the import rules, Confed explained that eligible importers must be actually engaged in the selling of physical sugar to domestic “consumers.”
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