page_title: Sugar industry of the Philippines
section_title: Milling Sub-sector
hierarchical_section_title: Sugar industry of the Philippines / Sub-sectors / Milling Sub-sector
caption_attribution_description: English: Sugar mill located in Tarlac
context_page_description: In 2005, the Philippines is the ninth largest sugar producer in the world and second largest sugar producer among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries, after Thailand, according to Food and Agriculture Organization. At least seventeen provinces of the Philippines have grown sugarcane, of which the two on Negros Island Region account for half of the nation's total production. As of crop year 2009-2010, 29 sugar mills are operational divided as follows: thirteen mills on Negros, six mills on Luzon, four mills on Panay, three mills in Eastern Visayas and three mills on Mindanao.
  Sugarcane is not a sensitive crop and can be grown in almost all types of soil, from sandy to clay loams and from acidic volcanic soils to calcareous sedimentary deposits. The harvest period is from October to December and ends in May.
  In 2015, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts of the Philippines announced that they will include the Industrial Sugar Central Sites of the Philippines and related properties to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
context_section_description: As of Crop Year 2012-2013, 29 mills are operational divided as follows: 13 mills in Negros, 6 mills in Luzon, 4 mills in Panay, 3 mills in Eastern Visayas and 3 mills in Mindanao.
  Negros (13 mills)
  Aidsisa
  URC Ursumco (Bais)
  CAB -Bais
  Biscom
  Dacongcogon
  First Farmers
  Hawaiian-Philippines
  La Carlota
  Lopez
  Ragasa F.C.
  Sagay
  URC Sonedco (Kabankalan)
  URC Tolong (Caranoche)
  Victorias
  Luzon (6 mills)
  URC Carsumco (Piat, Cagayan)
  Sweet Crystals Integrated Sugar Mills (Pampanga)
  Central Azucarera de Tarlac (Tarlac)
  Balayan Sugar Central Incorporated (Balayan, Batangas)
  Central Azucarera Don Pedro (Nasugbu, Batangas)
  Peñafrancia Sugar Mill (Peñafrancia, Camarines Sur)
  Panay (4 mills)
  URC Passi (Iloilo)
  Santos Lopez
  Monomer
  Capiz Sugar Central, Inc. (President Roxas, Capiz)
  Eastern Visayas (3 mills)
  Bogo-Medellin
  Durano
  Kananga Sugar Mill (Ormoc, Leyte)
  Mindanao (4 mills)
  Bukidnon Sugar Company
  Crystal (Maramag, Bukidnon)
  Davao Sugar Central Company (Hagonoy, Davao del Sur)
  Cotabato Sugar Central Company (Matalam, North Cotabato)
caption: Central Azucarera de Tarlac
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