The Central government will likely cut the sugar export quota by 29% for the new marketing year that started on October 1 to keep domestic supplies steady It could cap sugar exports at just eight million tonnes in 2022-23, compared with estimated despatches of 11.2 million tonnes in the recently concluded marketing year. To manage…
The Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has urged the government to swiftly implement the sugar export strategy, claiming that the sugar selling season of 2022–2023 will require at least eight million tonnes of exports. Vivek Pittie, Director of Harinagar Mills in Mumbai and a member of ISMA, stated that the industry group thinks the government…
The central government has approved an additional 1.2 million tonnes (MT) of sugar exports for the current season in expectation of higher domestic production in the next season. This approval is in addition to around 10 MT of sugar already exported in the current season (October 2021-September 2022). The projected sugar exports in excess of…
Ahead of the meeting of the committee of secretaries, the sugar industry has sought the release of 10 lakh tonnes (lt) of additional export quota to mills and bringing back export under the “free” category from next season starting October 1. A sizeable quantity is likely to be cleared even if the government does not…
Across the country the sugar mills have produced 342.37 lakh tonnes (lt) of sugar between October 1, 2021, and April 30, 2022. This is about 42 lt or 14% higher than 300.29 lt produced during the same period past season. The Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has estimated that during the this season, the industry…
Sugar mills across the country have produced 329.91 lakh tonnes of sugar till April 15, which is higher than 291.82 lakh tonnes produced in past year, said, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA). Compared with 170 mills that were crushing sugarcane in April last year, This year it was increased up to 305 mills for…
Indonesia has lifted the suspension on agricultural products from India from March 25 with immediate effect, which is major relief to Indian exporters. Jakarta had suspended agricultural imports such as wheat, sugar, rice and maize from India after the latter failed to register its food safety testing laboratories, which issue Certificate of Analysis (COA), before…
