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Raw sugar imports threaten local industry, Bukidnon planters warn
QUEZON, BUKIDNON, Philippines — Importing raw sugar to stabilize domestic market prices risks collapsing local production and depressing farm-gate prices nationwide, an industry leader here warned. Pablo Lorenzo III, president and chair emeritus of the Associated Bukidnon Sugarcane Farmers Inc. and Associated Bukidnon

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