The scrapping of Sugar Order No. 4 that allows the importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who is the concurrent Agriculture secretary, was hailed by the Asociacion de Agricultores de La Carlota y Pontevedra Inc. (AALCPI), the La Carlota Mill District Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LCMDMPC), and the United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED).