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The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) downgraded its sugarcane crop estimate for crop year 2011-2012 to 2.242 million metric tons of raw sugar production from the initial estimate of 2.40 million metric tons.  It was reported by its field personnel and the constituents of the Mill District Development Committees (MDDCs), especially in Negros, that cane tonnage declined by around 18-20% compared to the previous crop year.

 
Sagip Saka, an advocacy to achieve sustainable modern agriculture and food security
by transforming agricultural communities to reach their full potential, was launched on January 27, 2012
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) recently issued Sugar Order No. 7, Series of 2011­2012, prescribing the deadline for verification of "A" sugar or U.S. quota sugar on January 31, 2012. Verification is the process whereby SRA determines the volume, source and exporter of the sugar. Importantly, through verification, SRA earmarks the sugar covered by the verified "A" quedan for export to the United States market.
President Benigno Aquino III, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras, and SRA Administrator Ma. Regina Bautista-Martin unveil the National Biofuel Board (NBB)
The Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
launched  last January  20, 2012 the “sugarcane block farm” project  in the Don Pedro MDDFI Compound in Tuy, Batangas.

New Bureau of Customs Commissioner Ruffino Rozzano Biazon has committed to fully support the drive against sugar smuggling and revamp BOC port collectors in time, National Federation of Sugarcane Planters president Enrique Rojas said yesterday.

Sugar Regulatory Administrator Ma. Regina Bautista Martin, along with sugar industry leaders, met with Biazon at his office in Manila Monday.

Last September 21-24, 2011, the Philippine delegation visited Thailand to meet with
the Officials of the Office of the Cane and Sugar Board (OCSB) and discuss issues and matters related to Thailand’s laws and policies governing its sugar industry which may be adopted by the Philippine government in enhancing the competitiveness and promotion of the domestic sugar industry.

Sugar Order No. 1 Series of 2011-2012: Sugar Policy for Crop Year 2011-2012

Allocation of sugar production in the Philippines into various classifications is highly dependent on the projected requirements and supply of sugar for a particular cropping season. The government, thru the Sugar Regulatory Administration, is mandated to establish and maintain a balanced relationship between sugar production and requirements and to maintain such marketing conditions to ensure stability in prices at levels reasonably profitable to the producers and fair to consumers.

 

Sugar Order No. 2, Series of 2011-2012: U.S. Quota Allocation 

Sugar Order No. 2 stipulates the requirements for filling up of the U.S. quota for quota year 2011-2012.  The United States of America has allocated for the Philippines an initial quota of 144,901 metric tons raw value (MTRV) or 138,827 metric tons commercial weight (MTCW).

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