Finishing touches coming for Sugar Act

A draft of the long-awaited Sugar Act is to be revised with recommendations from industry figures at a meeting of the Sugar and Sugar Related Products Merchants and Manufacturers Association on 17 May. Once the revision is complete the act will be submitted to parliament through Myanmar’s Ministry of Agriculture. The association wants to use the act to create policies that support the sugar industry and help factories survive, said chair U Soe Linn.

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