P70/kilo sugar available soon in Bacolod – SRA

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The Sugar Regulatory Administration Monday said it will start selling sugar at P70 per kilo at its offices in Quezon City and Bacolod City, as well as in Kadiwa rolling stores and on wheels.

The initiative, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture, aims to make sugar affordable and accessible to consumers.

          “Sugar sold by DA-SRA, through the Kadiwa stores, is intended for direct consumers and is not for resale,” the DA-SRA press statement stressed.

The DA-SRA also asked each importer under the Sugar Importation Policy for Crop Year 2022-2023 to commit 10 percent of their imported sugar allocation to be sold at P70 per kilo, through the DA, to ensure an ample supply of affordable sugar.

Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz and other Bureau of Customs officials led the inspection of several containers found to contain smuggled refined sugar, all worth P228 million, Oct. 17. | BOC photo

“This is consistent with the government’s commitment to make the basic commodity affordable to the common Filipino,” the agency said, adding it is a temporary measure while waiting for the operations of sugar mills to be in full swing.

          “Once majority of the country’s sugar mills operate fully, sufficient supply of affordable sugar will be available,” the SRA stressed.

          It added that, as of Oct. 14, it has issued Clearances for Imported Sugar to 13 international sugar traders for a total volume of 33,772.50 metric tons of refined sugar, intended for consumers and end users.

Part of this sugar will be distributed and sold at P70 to P80 per kilo to groceries and supermarkets, and public and wet markets, via the Kadiwa project of the DA and the SRA.

          The SRA said it also issued clearances with total volume of 6,625 metric tons intended for industrial users. The imported sugar is expected to arrive between this month and in November. ||