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MANILA, Philippines 鈥� More affordable sugar will soon be sold in offices of the (SRA) in Quezon City and Bacolod City, according to the (DA).
These will be sold at P70 per kilogram, way below the retail price of refined sugar ranging from P70 to P134 per kg in supermarkets and between P98 and P110 per kg in public wet markets, based on the SRA鈥檚 price monitoring as of Oct. 7.
The lower-priced sweetener, which is not for resale, will also be available in Kadiwa rolling stores and Kadiwa on Wheels 鈥渢o make sugar affordable and accessible to consumers,鈥� the DA said in a statement.
According to the SRA, the move is a 鈥渢emporary measure鈥� while waiting for sugar mill operations to go into full swing.
鈥淭he local supply has been augmented by the volume imported under Sugar Order (SO) 2 through the efforts of the private importers,鈥� it said.
The SRA earlier issued SO No. 2 authorizing the importation of 150,000 metric tons of refined sugar for the crop year 2022-2023. The imported sugar is expected to arrive in the country between October and November.
鈥擩ORDEENE B. LAGARE
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