Ibinunyag ni Sen. Risa Hontiveros na ibinibenta ng ilang sugar trader tulad ng “All Asian” sa P85 kada kilo ang asukal gayong ibinebenta lang ito sa halagang P25/kilo sa Thailand. “Hindi pa tayo, kahit kailan, nakaranas ng ganito kagarapal na monopolyo. Walang ganito kahit noong panahon pa ng Martial Law. Everyday that we let this pass unhindered is a day of burden to our consumers, suffering the highest prices of basic commodities,” ayon kay Hontiveros. #News5 Follow News5 and stay updated with the latest stories! Facebook: facebook.com/News5Everywhere Twitter: twitter.com/News5PH Instagram: @news5everywhere Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@news5everywhere Website: news5.com.ph

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According to my sources, initially quoted a wholesale price of 85 pesos per kilo.

Why is this price so appalling?

You can actually buy refined sugar wholesale for 25 pesos per kilo in Thailand.

Kung matibok kang importer, you know that you will already get a decent profit

if you sell sugar at 61 pesos.

Bayad na doon ang warehousing, duties, handling,

at may maayos ka na na profit of 8 pesos per kilo per industry standard

at a wholesale price point of 61 pesos.

The 85 pesos asking price of all Asian imposes an additional 24 peso super profit

for a total of 24 plus 8, 32 pesos per kilo profit.

Multiplied by 440,000 metric tons,

ang tubo mo na lampas sa normal ay 10.5 billion pesos.

Malaki kung para sa tatlong traders lang.

Kung kasama ang normal profits, ang total ay 14 billion pesos.

Selling it at 85 pesos is nothing short of outrageous.

Parang tumama ka ng 50 times sa super loto,

nang hindi ka man lang tumataya.

Mukhang medyo nahimasmasan naman itong tatlong traders

and they are said to have agreed to sell the sugar at below 80 pesos.

Alimbawa, medyo mabait sila at ibenta nila ng 77 pesos wholesale per kilo sa industrials

at 77 pesos din sa retailers para kaya namang maibaba sa 85 pesos

ang presyo sa palengke at groceries.

Dahil 25 pesos lang ang wholesale price ng asukal sa Thailand

At sabihin mo nang may costs ng duties, handling, at warehousing,

ang super profits on top of normal profits

ng tatlong ito ay nasa 7 billion pesos pa rin

with the normal profits at lagpas 10 billion ang kita.

Sa ganong tubo na pinaghatihan lang ng tatlo,

di mahirap isipin kung magkano ang kickback dyan.

Ang asukal mo may sweetener pa.

No less than the office of the executive secretary

expressed doubts about the legality of the DA's actions

of choosing importers and allocating quantities to be imported

before a sugar order could be signed by the SRA.

It is a cartel that generates super profits

none of which will go to the national treasury.

Hindi pa tayo kahit kailan nakaranas ng ganitong kaggarapal na monopolyo.

Walang ganito kahit noong panahon pa ng martial law dictatorship.

Every day that we let this pass unhindered

is a day of burden for our consumers

suffering the highest prices of basic commodities we have seen in decades.