Sugar Industry

India, the world's biggest sugar producer and the second biggest exporter, had produced a record 35.9 million tonnes of sugar in the previous season ended on Sept. 30, 2022

The plan is to convert sugar factories into full-scale 'green energy hubs'

Globally, supply is expected to ease as output in Brazil and Thailand, both major producers, is likely to revive

UP govt is trying to integrate the sugarcane crop with lucrative ethanol value chain in order to provide fair prices to the farmers and protect the sector from the cyclical nature of the sugar market

India is expected to produce around 36.5 million tonnes of sugar in the new season that began on Oct 1, a leading industry body said on Monday

The government will soon announce export quota of sugar for next marketing year starting October, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Monday. He however did not disclose the quantity of sugar that will be allowed for export in 2022-23 marketing year. "We will soon announce the sugar export policy for next season," Pandey told reporters here on the sidelines of 82th AGM of Roller Flour Millers Federation of India (RFMFI). In May, the government had allowed exports of 100 lakh tonne of sugar, but later allowed another 12 lakh tonne. This took the total export quota for 2021-22 marketing year to 112 lakh tonne. India's sugar exports stood at 70 lakh tonne in 2020-21 marketing year, 59 lakh tonne in 2019-20 and 38 lakh tonne in 2018-19. Earlier this month, sugar industry body ISMA had demanded that the government allow exports of 80 lakh tonne of sugar for 2022-23 marketing year in view of surplus production. Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) president Aditya Jhunjhunwala ha

ISMA estimates that the diversion of cane juice and B-molasses to ethanol shall cut sugar production by about 4.5 mt during the next marketing year.

Bajaj Hindusthan badly needs money to shore up its operations but its NPA tag to make raising funds difficult

Since Oct. 1, 2022, when the current sugar season began, Indian mills have signed contracts to export a record 8 million tonnes of the sweetener

This should augur well for millers and help clear cane dues, and also ensure a steady price of the commodity in the open market

Move to curb ethanol's over-dependence on sugarcane, say OMCs

Brazil's low crop will continue to make India one of the major suppliers of the sweetener

Sugar mills have exported 9.39 lakh tonnes of the sweetener till the first week of December during the ongoing 2021-22 marketing year that started from October 1, and are not in hurry to sell further

Sugar mills have exported 2.76 lakh tonnes of sugar in the last 40 days of the current marketing year with maximum shipments to the UAE, trade body AISTA said on Wednesday

India's sugar policies, which include large subsidies, have been questioned for years at the World Trade Organization by competitors including Brazil and Australia.

The Centre has decided to grant mills the entire quantity of sugar diverted in their monthly release quote

The government will fast-track an ethanol program that will divert as much as 6 million tons of sugar toward fuel production annually by 2025, according to the food ministry

Data shows that in the 10-year period from 2010-11 to 2020-21, India's annual sugar production exceeded domestic consumption in all the years, except 2016-17

India's sugar exports are on a "good course" this year as traders have contracted over 50 lakh tonnes of the sweetener so far, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Monday.

Proposed reforms are good but much more needs to be done