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hard time if we were to continue without them,” he noted.

Meanwhile, three sugar importers who brought in the commodities under Sugar Order No. 6 early this year, the subject of the deferred Senate hearing, were chosen from a list recommended by two large sugar farmers’ groups, documents showed.

The Luzon Federation of Sugarcane Growers Association (LUZONFED) and United Sugar Producers’ Federation of the Philippines, Inc. (UNIFED) made the recommendation through a Joint Board Resolution dated August 1, 2022.

In the resolution, the two groups recommended seven traders for the importation of additional sugar to boost local supply based on their track records of directly buying from local farmers and millers.