Sugar exports may drop 24% in 2020-21 due to logistics issues: AISTA

12 Feb 2021 Evaluate

Trade body -- All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) has said that India's sugar exports may drop over 24 per cent to around 4.3 million tonnes in the current marketing season 2020-21, due to logistics constrains and less chances of shipments to Iran. Sugar mills had exported 5.7 million tonnes of sugar against the mandatory quota of 6 million tonnes set for the 2019-20 season (October-September). It pegged sugar output to be higher at 29.9 million tonnes in the current 2020-21 marketing season (October-September), against 27.40 million tonnes in the last season.

AISTA said its crop committee, which reviewed the country's sugar production for this year, has reported ‘export of sugar in the current season to be around 4.3 million tonne. The exports are likely to less than last year due to the logistics constrains’. The trade body said waiting time at ports is higher due to congestion, owing to shortage of container and large movement of grains, including soyabean. Further, there are less chances of export to Iran, one of the important sugar customers, as the Islamic Republic's rupee reserves in UCO Bank and IDBI Bank have nearly depleted.

On domestic sugar production, AISTA said it is expected to be 29.9 million tonnes in the ongoing 2020-21 marketing season, higher from 27.40 million tonne in the previous season. Production in the country's top-three sugar-producing states is pegged at 10.5 million tonne in Uttar Pradesh, at 10.2 million tonne in Maharashtra, and at 4.3 million tonne in Karnataka for this current season. Sugar production stood at 12.60 million tonne in Uttar Pradesh, 6.20 million tonne in Maharashtra and 3.45 million tonne in Karnataka during the marketing season 2019-20.

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