The Albanese Labor Government is committed to a strong sugar industry in Australia, where fair and robust regulatory settings support our sugarcane growers and sugar millers.
More than 80% of all sugar produced in Australia is exported as bulk raw sugar, ranking Australia as one of the largest raw sugar exporters in the world.
The sugar industry is a fixture of rural and regional communities across Queensland and northern New South Wales and supports more than 40,000 jobs directly and indirectly across the industry.
To ensure the industry's regulatory settings are benefitting growers and millers, the government is commencing a review of the Sugar Code of Conduct today.
The Sugar Code of Conduct regulates the relationship between sugarcane growers and sugar millers and supports transparency and fairness in commercial arrangements.
The code was introduced in 2017 and is due to sunset on 1 October 2027.
The Australian Government will review the code to ensure it remains fit for purpose and whether it should be remade, amended, or allowed to sunset, as is done with other mandatory codes.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry will undertake the review in consultation with industry and will provide a report to the government later this year.
