SUGAR PRODUCTION FOR CY 1998 – 1999 BY AFFILIATION

In view of the need to determine the respective pro-rata shares of the different national producers in the CY 1998-1999 sugar plantation, all concerned sugar mill companies and planters’ associations/cooperatives are hereby directed to accomplish and submit to SRA the attached form (SRA Form-1 for the mills and SRA Form -2 for the planters associations/cooperatives).

For the Mills:

SRA Form-1 should be duly certified by the Corporate Secretary of the mill company attesting to the following information:

1. Affiliation of the mill company with the following national millers organization:

a. Phil. Sugar Millers Association,. Inc. (PSMA)

b. Association of Integrated Millers, Inc. (AIM)

c. Phil. Independent Millers Association, Inc. (PIMA)

2. Total gross production for CY 1998-99 of the mill company distributed into mill share and individual shares of the planters’ associations/cooperatives, indicating therein both the volume and percentages.

If there are unaffiliated planters their total shares and percentage should also be indicated.

3. Affiliation of the planters’ association/cooperative with any of the national planters organizations:

a. Confederation of Sugarcane Producers Asso., Inc. (CONFED)

b. National Federation of Sugarcane Planters. Inc. (NFSP)

c. United Planters Federation of the Phil., Inc. (UNIFED)

d. Panay Federation of Sugarcane Planters (PANFED)

For sugar mill companies still operating, their gross sugar productions to be reported shall be as of 13 June 1999, subject to a final report as soon as milling shall have ceased.

For Planters’ Associations/Cooperatives

SRA Form-2 should likewise be duly certified by the Corporate Secretary of the planters’ association /cooperative attesting to its official affiliation with any of the aforesaid national planters’ organizations.

If the association/cooperative is affiliated with more than one national aggrupations, such a fact should be stated and the proportion of membership with each national organization in percentages (in the absence of which, the membership shall be deemed equally distributed).

The accomplished forms shall be submitted as soon as possible to the Production Control and Regulation Office, SRA, Quezon City, through the Mill District Regulation Officer assigned to the mill concerned.

This Circular Letter shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 11 May 1999

(SGD.) NICOLAS A. ALONSO
Administrator