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Sugar Sector

Balrampur Chini Mills, Dwarikesh Sugar Industries, Ugar Sugar Works, Rana Sugars, Dhampur Sugar Mills and Shree Renuka Sugar overcome their significant peaks, with volumes exceeding daily 3-month high

Updated On: 09 Mar 2023 | 12:18 PM IST

Sugar sector's success has environmental risks

Updated On: 25 Jan 2023 | 10:50 PM IST

India is not looking at allowing more sugar exports, government and industry officials said on Thursday

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 9:34 AM IST

Over 1,000 crore litres of ethanol would be required to achieve 20 per cent blending of ethanol with petrol, he said, adding that out of that around 50 per cent will come from sugarcane

Updated On: 19 Jan 2023 | 11:29 PM IST

India has exported 16.92 lakh tonnes of sugar till January 4 of the ongoing 2022-23 marketing year, including 59,596 tonnes of the sweetener to neighbouring China, trade body AISTA said on Tuesday. Among other neighbouring nations, India has exported 1.47 lakh tonnes of sugar to Bangladesh, and 82,462 tonnes to Sri Lanka during October-January 4 of the current marketing year, All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) said in a statement. The sugar marketing year runs from October to September. The government has allowed export of 6 million tonnes till May of the 2022-23 marketing year. According to AISTA, mills have exported a total of 16,92,751 tonnes of sugar from October 1, 2022 to January 4, this year. Over 3.47 lakh tonnes of sugar is under loading, while 2.54 lakh tonnes of sugar has been delivered to refineries considered to be deemed export in the said period, it said. Of the total exports undertaken so far, maximum exports have been to Somalia at 1.70 lakh tonnes, followe

Updated On: 11 Jan 2023 | 12:37 AM IST

The stellar performance of sugar stocks began in 2021, and is likely to continue in the new year - 2023, indicates the technical charts.

Updated On: 27 Dec 2022 | 12:25 PM IST

Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) on Monday welcomed the government's decision to allow export of 6 million tonnes of sugar till May 31, of the 2022-23 season and expressed confidence of getting export nod for additional 3 million tonnes. While the industry had requested the government to allow exports of 9 million tonnes of sugar, the Food Ministry on November 5, permitted only 6 million tonnes on a quota basis till May 31 of the 2022-23 season (October-September). The government has said it could reconsider further quantities after assessing the domestic production. "Sugar industry is confident that the government will allow sugar exports of additional 3 million tonnes," ISMA said in a statement. This would ensure steady domestic prices, enabling timely cane price payment to farmers and lower inventory levels ensuring there are no additional costs incurred by mills, it added. ISMA hailed the government's sugar export policy and said the tradable quota scheme will ensure ...

Updated On: 07 Nov 2022 | 2:43 PM IST

Mills in India, which vies with Brazil as the world's top sugar producer, have so far contracted to export about 1.2 million tons and aim to ship as much as 8 million tons in the 2022-23 year

Updated On: 14 Oct 2022 | 11:34 AM IST

The government on Wednesday permitted the export of specified quantity of raw sugar to the US under the Tariff-Rate Quota (TRQ) till December-end this year. Earlier, it was permitted till September 30. "The validity for export of raw sugar to the US under TRQ has been extended from September 30, 2022 to December 31, 2022," the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a public notice. TRQ is a quota for a volume of exports that enters the US at relatively low tariffs. After the quota reaches its limit, a higher tariff is applicable to additional shipments. In May, the government permitted additional export of 2,051 metric tonne of raw sugar under the TRQ to the US for its fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. With this quantity, total sugar export to the US under TRQ during its fiscal year 2022 would be 10,475 MT. India, the world's second-biggest producer and the largest consumer of sugar, has a preferential quota arrangement for sugar export with the European Union as

Updated On: 12 Oct 2022 | 10:35 PM IST

ICRA expects operating margins for sugar firms to remain in the range of 13.0 - 13.5 per cen in FY23 (in line with FY22 levels) supported by elevated sugar realizations as well as ethanol realizations

Updated On: 11 Oct 2022 | 11:36 AM IST

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.

Updated On: 22 Jul 2022 | 7:21 PM IST

Last month, the world's biggest producer of the sweetener gave its mills until July 5 to export the sugar, but some mills missed doing so because of heavy rains

Updated On: 09 Jul 2022 | 1:37 AM IST

They say some measures have spawned malpractices on the part of exporters, others have been partial to a certain section of traders

Updated On: 22 Jun 2022 | 9:49 PM IST

Revenues from the export of industrial metals would also take a hit from a decline in metal prices

Updated On: 11 Jun 2022 | 12:35 AM IST

Cites production increase to 36 million tonnes from 35 million tonnes last season

Updated On: 11 Jun 2022 | 12:01 AM IST

Sugar exports from India, the world's largest producer of the sweetener, touched a record 8.6 million tonne till May of the ongoing 2021-22 year, said the latest data by industry body ISMA.

Updated On: 08 Jun 2022 | 4:46 PM IST

Sugar stocks fell sharply on Wednesday, a day after the government imposed restrictions on sugar exports from June 1 to increase availability of the commodity in domestic market and curb price rise. Shares of Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries plummeted 13.40 per cent, Dwarikesh Sugar tumbled 9.38 per cent, Uttam Sugar Mills plunged 9.30 per cent and Balrampur Chini Mills tanked 8.56 per cent on the BSE. Also, Avadh Sugar & Energy dived 8.04 per cent, Shree Renuka Sugars declined 6.69 per cent and Mawana Sugars dipped 4.97 per cent. "Export of sugar (raw, refined and white sugar) is placed under restricted category from June 1, 2022 onwards," the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification on Tuesday. In a statement, the government said with a view to maintain domestic availability and price stability of sugar in the country during sugar season 2021-22 (October-September), it has been decided to regulate the sugar exports with effect from June 1.

Updated On: 25 May 2022 | 6:31 PM IST

India has exported 75 lakh tonnes of sugar till May 18 in the current marketing year ending September, the Food Ministry said on Thursday. Sugar marketing year runs from October to September. "Export of sugar in current sugar season 2021-22 is 15 times of export as compared to export in sugar season 2017-18," the ministry said in a statement. The major importing countries are Indonesia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, UAE, Malaysia and African countries. In 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 marketing years, about 6.2 lakh tonnes, 38 lakh tonnes and 59.60 lakh tonnes of sugar were exported, respectively. In 2020-21, about 70 lakh tonnes of sugar have been exported. "About Rs 14,456 crore (have been) released to sugar mills in past 5 years to facilitate export of sugar and Rs 2,000 crore as carrying cost for maintaining buffer stock," the statement said. Millers have contracted for export of about 90 lakh tonnes of sugar in 2021-22. Out of which, 75 lakh tonnes have been exported till

Updated On: 19 May 2022 | 10:03 PM IST

Magadh Sugar & Energy, Rana Sugar, Uttam Sugar Mills, KM Sugar, Andhra Sugar, Mawana Sugar and Shree Renuka Sugar surged 10 per cent to 15 per cent on the BSE.

Updated On: 06 Apr 2022 | 12:09 PM IST

Sugar exports have jumped over 2.5 fold between October 2021 and February this year to 47 lakh tonnes on higher production and better demand of the Indian sweetener in the global market

Updated On: 17 Mar 2022 | 3:28 PM IST