Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra has said that the government will take a decision next month on increasing the sugar export quota from current 60 lakh tonnes after assessing the domestic production and internal demand. The food ministry has allowed 60 lakh tonnes of sugar exports for the current 2022-23 marketing year (October-September). India exported around 110 lakh tonnes of sugar -- an all-time high -- in the previous year.
In the current marketing year so far, the mills have dispatched 30 lakh tonnes of sugar for exports and out of that 18 lakh tonnes have already been shipped. The food ministry said the entire 60 lakh tonnes will get exported by May. He said that there are divergent views on production estimates among different sugar associations for the current 2022-23 marketing year and a clear picture would emerge by the end of this month or early next month.
On increasing the minimum selling price of sugar from the current Rs 31 per kg, the food secretary said the mills are earning good revenue from different streams including sweetener and ethanol. He said the government has set a target of achieving 12 per cent blending of ethanol into petrol and the aim is to reach 20 per cent by 2025. He expressed confidence that the target of 20 per cent blending would be met by sourcing ethanol from different feedstock including sugarcane and grain.
He further said over 1,000 crore litres of ethanol would be required to achieve 20 per cent blending of ethanol with petrol, and added that out of that around 50 per cent will come from sugarcane. The government will focus on increasing the production of maize for increasing ethanol production.
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