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This proposal will be considered as part of the govt efforts to help clear outstanding dues to sugarcane farmers, according to sources
The government is currently not considering an extension of sugar export subsidies for the 2020-21 season that commenced this month in view of stable international sugar prices, Piyush Goyal said
Failure to set a new subsidy allocation will eventually delay exports from the world's second biggest producer of the sweetener and support global prices, which are trading near eight-month highs
The world's biggest consumer of the sweetener is likely to produce 31 million tonnes of sugar in the new season, nearly 13% more than a year ago
The government has given additional three months' time till December to millers to undertake mandatory export of their sugar quota allocated for this year
The government has raised sugarcane Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) by Rs 10 a quintal for 2020-21 season
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 54.39 crore in the same quarter year ago, according to a regulatory filing.
The current season began on October 1
3.6 MT shipped by mills so far; Indonesia, Iran major offshore destinations
Sugar mills have already dispatched 3.7 million tonnes out of around 4.1 million tonnes of contracts signed for exports in the 2019/20 marketing year ending on September 30
The record buying could also help India, the world's biggest producer of sugar, to cut stockpiles that are squeezing domestic prices
To reduce that debt and pare rising inventories, New Delhi has approved a subsidy of Rs 10,448 ($145) a tonne for exports of 6 million tonnes in the 2019/20 season.
India has exported 3.8 million tonne of sugar during 2018-19 marketing year against the mandatory quota of 5 million tonne
ISMA and traders have estimated that exports would be about 5 million tonnes (mt) this season, against 6 mt of MAEQs issued by the government
This is because the Indian industry contending with brimming inventories has been given a mandate by the government to sell 6 mt in the world market
Domestic industry eyeing total sugar exports of 5 MT this season
Ex-mill sugar prices have remained steady in the range of Rs 3,250-3,350 per quintal in north India and at Rs 3,100-3,250 per quintal in the south India, the industry body added
Sugar mills in India have done deals to export 2 million tonnes in the new season that began on Oct. 1, 2019
This will be over and above the quota allocated for the ongoing 2019-20 marketing year.