Bitter Aftertaste of Sugar Import Licensing
The government issued permits to import raw sugar for the refined sugar industry in order to cover demand. This policy, however, is deemed insufficient to solve supply shortage for high-quality raw material suffered by a number of food and beverage companies.
Retno Sulistyowati
February 8, 2021
EFFORTS to reactivate the Cross Forum for Refined Sugar Industry Users Association are being discussed again among business players in early February. Three industrial vehicles have agreed to breathe life into the dormant forum: the Soft Drinks Industry Association, the Dairy Processing Industry Association, and the Indonesian Cocoa and Chocolate Industry Association.
This initiative grew after some members of the three associations suffer from
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