EGoM allows export of additional 1 million tonnes of sugar

27 Mar 2012 Evaluate

The government has allowed exports of additional 1 million tonnes of sugar. The decision to allow exports was taken by an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The decision will also help domestic mills to clear mounting sugarcane arrears to farmers that have reached Rs 8,409 crore. 

India is the second largest producer and the world’s largest consumer of sugar. But it is a sector which is highly regulated by the government. The government had allowed 2 million tonnes of sugar exports in the 2011-12 marketing year in two equal tranches, as the country’s sugar output was all set to exceed domestic consumption.

Based on the inputs of Cane Commissioners of all sugar producing states, the food ministry recently revised the sugar production estimates upwards to about 25.2 million tonnes from the earlier projection of 24.6 million tonnes for this marketing year.

However, the industry had pegged the sugar output at 26 million tonnes in 2011-12 against 24.3 million tonnes in the previous year. The annual domestic demand is projected at 22 million tonnes. With this decision the total quantity of sugar approved for exports has risen to 3 million tonne, in line with what the industry and markets expected. This could increase the prices of sugar in the domestic market by approximately 1%.

The EGOM has also decided to continue exports of wheat and non-basmati rice, which was allowed under Open General Licence (OGL) in September last year, on record production. The panel has also allowed unrestricted exports of wheat flour under the OGL mechanism for the year starting April 1, 2012, removing a limit of 650,000 tonnes set for the current fiscal year.

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