The Asociacion de Agricultores de La Carlota y Pontevedra Inc. (AALCPI) has appealed to the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) to maintain the status quo of sugar classification for the coming milling season. In a statement on Tuesday, AALCPI President Roberto Cuenca urged the sugar agency to keep in effect Sugar Order 1 that classifies 95 percent of sugar produced as B and the rest as A for the new crop year that would begin in September. “The said percentage classification takes into consideration the present situation and the balance between ensuring sufficient domestic supply while maintaining the status quo of a readily available export market to the United States,” Cuenca said. Although we like to have an all-B classification, we cannot be assured of the demand in these times and so we have to maintain the balance, he added. Based in Negros Occidental, AALCPI is the second-biggest group of sugar farmers in the country, with over 10,000 members.
