The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has expanded the coverage of types of sugar subject to import regulation.
SRA Sugar Order (SO) No. 06 series of 2023-2024, dated 18 November and recently published online, is in direct response to industry stakeholders complaining about the “long-practiced unregulated importation into the country of certain sugars and sweeteners.”
SO No. 6 amends SO No. 03 series of 2016-2017 to now include certain “sugars” and “sugar confectionery” under Chapter 17 of the 2022 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN), specifically all “sugars,” “other sugars,” and “sugar confectionery” under Headings 17.01, 17.02 and 17.04 of the AHTN, respectively.
Previously, the coverage of SO Nos. 03 and 04 were limited to “fructose” covered under Heading 17.02 of Chapter 17 of the AHTN.
SO No. 06 amends the coverage under SO No. 03, to cover the importation in whatever form and sugar content for all “sugars” covered under Heading 17.01 of the AHTN, including, but not limited to, sucrose, specialty sugar, flavored syrups; and “all other sugars” covered under Heading 17.02 of the AHTN, including, but not limited to fructose, lactose, glucose, dextrose, maltose, maltodextrin, maple sugar and maple syrup, sugar syrup, palm sugar, coconut sap sugar, honey, caramel; and all “sugar confectionery” covered under Heading 17.04 of the AHTN.