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Sugaronline East Asia Sugar Report – 26th February 2026

By Ritesh Kumar Singh

27th February 2026

The promotion of domestic sugar production by restricting competitively priced imports has become a common theme across East Asian countries, including China, Indonesia and the Philippines. This is not good news for surplus producers, especially India, Thailand, Australia and Brazil.

The Philippines extended its sugar import ban (originally set to expire in September 2026) to December 2026 to prioritize local production, following cumulative imports of 1.5 million tonnes of refined sugar over the past three seasons — which led to a surge in inventories and a decline in prices from P3,000 per 50-kilo bag in

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