Sugar quotas scrapped for ASEAN imports The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will not apply import quota of sugar originating from ASEAN countries from January 1, 2020.

ATIGA regulation worries local sugar manufacturers

The implementation of tariff reduction of zero per cent under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) from January 1, is an obsession with the Vietnamese sugar industry.

Vietnam sugar producer plans $600m Singapore listing

Vietnam’s TTC Group, a sugar, energy and real estate conglomerate, is stepping up production of the sweetener and seeking new investors as it gears up for a Singapore listing for one of its sugar units in five years that will raise around $600 million.

Sugar surplus threatens mills in Mekong Delta The increasing popularity of illegally imported sugar threatens to put sugar mills in the Mekong Delta region out of business, says Nguyen Thanh Long, Chairman of Vietnam Sugar and Sugarcane Association.