‘PH sugar prices still uncompetitive’

By Eireene Jairee Gomez

Dec 14, 2019 1:52 am

This undated photo shows a man piling packs of brown sugar at a stall in Manila (TMT File Photo)

THE country’s sugar prices will “remain uncompetitive” in 2020, as these are nearly “twice as high as” those in the global market, while consumption of the staple is expected to keep rising, according to a Fitch Group unit.

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