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  "id": 3718694,
  "title": "Sugar industry calls for revised sugar tariff benchmark",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/sugar-industry-calls-for-revised-sugar-tariff-benchmark-3718694",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T09:47:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://iol.co.za/the-star/2026-08-27-sugar-industry-calls-for-revised-sugar-tariff-benchmark2/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "South Africa's sugar producers are calling on the government to urgently revise the Dollar-Based Reference Price to safeguard local jobs and industry stability as rising imports threaten their livelihoods.",
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        "title": "Sugar industry calls for revised sugar tariff benchmark",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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