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31/12/2025

Indonesia is planning to import around 3.1 million metric tons of sugar for industrial use in 2026, Tatang Yuliono, a senior official at the country’s coordinating ministry overseeing food, said on Tuesday.

The government also plans to allow a separate import quota of 508,360 tons of sugar for industries that export their products, he said.

The import allowance, which mostly involves raw sugar, is in line with expected demand from manufacturers, Tatang told reporters, adding that there were no plans to import sugar for household consumption.

In 2025, Indonesia planned to issue a total import quota of 4.39 million tons for raw sugar but halted the release of import permits in September after sugarcane farmers complained they were struggling to compete with foreign suppliers.

The government had issued permits for 4.19 million tons imports out of the 2025 quota before it stopped permit issuance for the rest of the year.

Source: Reuters