Philippines sugar output hits 2.485 MMT.

The country raw sugar output in the current crop year has already reached 2.485 million metric tons (MMT), 11.03 percent higher than the 2.238 MMT recorded in crop year (CY) 2015-2016. Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) showed that the local sugar industry has produced 49.691 million 50-kilogram bags. Sugar production SRA revised target of 2.5 MMT for CY 2016-2017, which end on August 31.