India exports 27.83 lakh tonnes of sugar till February 9 in ongoing 2022-23 marketing year: AISTA

10 Feb 2023 Evaluate

Trade body -- the All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) has said that Indian sugar mills exported a total of 27,83,536 tonnes (27.83 lakh tonnes) of sugar from October 1, 2022 to February 9 of the ongoing 2022-23 marketing year, with Bangladesh and Indonesia being the top markets. The sugar marketing year runs from October to September. The government has allowed export of 60 lakh tonnes till May of the 2022-23 marketing year.

Of the total exports, about 4.24 lakh tonne is under loading, while 3.79 lakh tonne of sugar has been delivered to refineries, considered to be deemed export in the said period. Among other nations, India has exported 2.47 lakh tonnes of the sweetener to Djibouti, 2.46 lakh tonnes to Somalia and 2.06 lakh tonnes to the UAE during October-February 9 of the current marketing year.

As per AISTA’s initial projections, sugar output will be lower at 35.8 million tonnes during the 2022-23 marketing year, from a record 36.5 million tonnes in the previous year. Meanwhile, sugar exports from India, the world’s major sugar producing nation, stood at 112 lakh tonnes in the 2021-22 marketing year.

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