US Sugar Export
NFSP had sent representatives, together with those of SRA and the other national sugar federations, to Washington D.C., USA to work for the retention of the Philippines 13.5% share in the overall U.S. sugar export quota allocation whose reduction or total loss was threatened by the increase in the share of Mexico as a signatory of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Policies and Programs
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Sugar Smuggling
Due to the rampant smuggling of sugar, NFSP has looked into certain administrative procedures in the Bureau of Customs in the handling of smuggled sugar that contribute more to the disruption of local sugar supply and destabilize sugar prices.
