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Most sugar refineries barring a few large ones have shut down their production facilities for the current season, nearly 45 days ahead of time, because cane is not available and the government’s raw sugar import policy does not justify continuance of operations.
While the government says it has allocated import quotas evenly among sugar mills through a formula, most refineries find the quantity allocated to them unviable.
A handful of large ones, however, continued their refining operations with a very low operating capacity.
The quantity allocated to most of sugar refineries is sufficient for just 8-12 days of their average
