TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Region 2 over the weekend said the livelihood of some 10,000 sugar farmers and workers would be adversely affected by the reduction of the tariff on sugar in line with the establishment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) in 2015.

Lawyer Sixto Rodriguez, DOLE-Region 2 director, pointed out that tariff on imported sugar would be further reduced to 5 percent from 10 percent in 2015.

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