Philippine sugar industry sources are concerned that if the US adopts a globalised quota allocation for the import of sugar after the review of the US Farm Bill, they might lose their sugar quota to the US under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) scheme. Philippine Sugar Millers Association (PSMA) president Archimedes Amarra and sugar regulatory administrator Ma Regina Martin were in the US in early April lobbying for the retention of the US sugar quota in the medium term. “The Farm Bill is being deliberated upon by the US Congress. Our purpose is to make sure that our interest and… Login to continue

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