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Seven enterprises were assigned tariff quotas with a total volume of 109,000 tonnes at a recent sugar import auction organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

The Indonesian Food and Beverage Association (GAPPMI) has projected a 5-percent rise in demand for refined sugar this year to meet its 9.8 percent growth target set for the food and beverage sector.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has released the results of an auction for 94,000 tonnes of imported sugar in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will hold bids for the right to import 94,000 tonnes of sugar this year.

Fifteen firms win sugar import quotas

Vietnam Sugar cane and Sugar Association (VSSA) has proposed that the Prime Minister allow importing raw sugar instead of refined sugar to save foreign currency for the 2016-17 crop.

The sugar industry aims to produce 1.56 million tonnes of sugar from processing 15.67 million tonnes of sugarcane during the 2015-2016 season.