Govt may allow exports of an additional 5,00,000 tonnes of sugar

24 May 2012 Evaluate

The government may allow exports of an additional 5,00,000 tonnes of sugar under the Open General Licence (OGL) scheme taking the total sugar allowed to be exported in this marketing year to go upto 2.5 million tonnes. This has been done keeping in view the higher production and lesser lifting of the levy sugar.

Sugar production for the year 2011-2012 has been estimated at 26 million tonnes whereas consumption has been pegged at 22 million tonnes. Prior to sugar being allowed under the OGL scheme the government had allowed exports of 2 million tonnes of sugar keeping in view the higher production. It was then decided that the government would review the situation after 2 million tonnes.

The sugar industry has been completely regulated in India where the government takes decisions on the amounts that are sold domestically and that can be exported. Also sugar mill owners are expected to keep 10% of their produce aside for selling to the government at subsidized rates for supply to ration shops. On May 11, 2012 the government decided to free exports of sugar and put under OGL scheme. Sugar mills are no longer expected to take permission from the government for exports but still have to register the export contracts with the Commerce Ministry so that a track can be kept on quantity of shipments.

The government has pegged sugar production at 25.2 million tonnes in the 2011-12 marketing year and annual demand is expected to be 22 million tonnes. Industry body Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) however, has estimated sugar production at 26 million tonnes for this year as against 24.3 million tonnes in the last year.

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