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Apparent bid to smuggle sweetener foiled
Business World Philippines
|March 27, 2025
SOME 10,000 bags of sweetener have been seized on suspicion that the cargo was misdeclared, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said.
The shipment was declared by importers as “white sweet powder” and is believed to contain 88% sugar and 12% glucose, SRA Administrator Pablo Luis S.Azcona said at a briefing late Tuesday.
This story is from the March 27, 2025 edition of Business World Philippines.
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