Topic
sugar exports
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Markets, IndiaSugar mills in crisis begin export ahead of Centre’s announcement of policyA Maharashtra cooperative mill has contracted 2,500 tonnes of sugar exports for 2020-21 and asked the food ministry to clarify export policy, which the industry still awaits.
- Policy & trade, IndiaRs 3,500 crore subsidy to help the sugar industry sustain exports at last year’s levelCrisil says the Rs 3,500 crore export subsidy for the 2020-21 sugar season, with higher ethanol earnings, should lift sugar mills' operating margins by 100 to 200 basis points.
- Policy & trade, IndiaUnder concessional duty quota, India permitted to export 3,675 tonnes of additional sugar to UKThe DGFT has notified an additional 3,675 tonnes of raw or refined sugar for export to the UK under a tariff-rate quota, on top of the 10,000-tonne EU CXL quota.
- Markets, IndiaIncrease in sugar production by 42% in the October to December periodIndian mills produced 110.22 lakh tonnes of sugar from October to December, about 42 per cent more than a year earlier, helped by higher cane output and early crushing in Maharashtra.
- Markets, IndiaIndia leading in the consumption of sugar; the amount expected to only increase in the coming timeIndian sugar mills have begun an online campaign to raise domestic consumption and absorb surplus output, as India plans to export 6 million tonnes of sugar in 2020-21.
- Policy & trade, IndiaCabinet approves ₹3,500 Cr subsidy for sugarcane farmersThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved a ₹3,500 crore subsidy on 60 lakh tonnes of sugar exports at ₹6,000 a tonne, to be paid to cane farmers against mill dues.