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Francisco Varua, chairman of the Philippine Sugar Millers Association (PSMA), said  investments in the country’s sugar sector would pour in amid a "healthier environment consisting of manageable tariffs."


"If government has the right policies for local sugar, then we can stabilize prices and no one else would benefit from it but the consumers in the end," Varua added.


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"If government has the right policies for local sugar, then we can stabilize prices and no one else would benefit from it but the consumers in the end," Varua added.


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Millers bat for lower tariff on sugar imports

By by Rommel Ynion | May 3, 2001 - 12:00am

Sugar millers urged recently the government to lower tariffs on sugar imports to stabilize the price of the commodity in the local market. Francisco Varua, chairman of the Philippine Sugar Millers Association (PSMA),...

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