[ SRA SUGAR ORDER NO. 4-B, s. 2006-2007, January 09, 2007 ]

ALLOWING INDIVIDUAL QUEDANNING OF œD  SUGAR - AN AMENDMENT TO SUGAR ORDER NO. 4, SERIES OF 2006-2007 RE: CONVERSION OF œC  OR RESERVE SUGAR INTO œD  OR WORLD MARKET SUGAR AND THE REVISED SUGAR CLASSIFICATION AND PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION



WHEREAS, paragraph 2 of Section 2 of Sugar Order No. 4, Series of 2006-2007 dated 26 October 2006 orders mill companies to œissue consolidated (block quedanning) œD  quedan-permits to planters (planters ™ share) in the name of the planters ™ association/ cooperative as assignee, attached thereto the list of planters by planters ™ association/ cooperative and their corresponding volumes of œD  sugar .

WHEREAS, the policy of block quedanning of œD  sugar was formerly initiated to facilitate its shipment to the world market to stabilize the prices of œB  or Domestic sugar;

WHEREAS Section 3 of Sugar Order No. 4 has also made the œD  sugar available to the food processors of sugar-based products for export (after having it reclassified as œE  sugar per Sugar Order No. 4-A, Series 2006-2007) under the Customs Bonded Warehouse (CBW) chargeable to their 2007 import allocation thus, the individual planters may now easily negotiate their œD  sugar to local sugar traders;

WHEREAS the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has received requests for individual quedanning of œD  sugar;

WHEREAS to allow the individual quedanning of œD  sugar, Sugar Order No. 4, Series of 2006-2007 needs to be amended;

NOW, THEREFORE, under and by virtue of the authority vested in the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), it is hereby ordered that:

SECTION 1. Section 2 of Sugar Order No. 4, Series 2006-2007 is hereby amended to read as follows:

œSection 2. Quedanning of the œD  World Market Sugar. The quedanning of the œD  or World Market sugar production starting 05 November 2006, shall be using the œA  or U.S. Quota sugar quedan-permit forms of CY 2006-2007 after the said œA  quedan-permits have been properly stamped as œD  and validated by the SRA Sugar Production and Regulation Officers (PCROs) assigned at the millsites.

Mill company(ies) shall, on a weekly basis, issue consolidated (block quedanning) œD  quedan-permits to planters (planters ™ share) in the name of the planters ™ association/cooperative as assignee, attached thereto the list of planters by planters ™ association/cooperative and their corresponding volumes of œD  sugar.

For the non-affiliated planters, quedanning of the œD  sugar shall be joined with those of the mill or any planters ™ association/cooperative of their choice, attached thereto the list of planters and their corresponding volumes of sugar.

Sugar planters may be œindependent , i.e. have their quedans issued individually, by informing the SRA in writing about it, copy furnished the mills.

SECTION 2. Provisions of Sugar Orders, Circular Letters and/or other regulations contrary to or inconsistent with this Sugar Order are hereby amended, modified, or revoked accordingly.

Adopted: 09 Jan. 2007*

By Authority of the Sugar Board:

(SGD.) JAMES C. LEDESMA
Administrator



* Date of adoption corrected per Memorandum Circular No. 1, s. 2007.