Govt to take call in March on increasing sugar export quota after assessing production: Food Secretary

16 Feb 2023 Evaluate

Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra has said that after assessing the domestic production, the government will take a call next month (March) on increasing the sugar export quota from the present 60 lakh tonnes for the current marketing year. The food ministry had allowed 60 lakh tonnes of sugar exports for the current 2022-23 marketing year (October-September). India exported a record 110 lakh tonnes of sugar in the previous year.

Chopra said ‘we have not yet taken a call. we are closely monitoring the production and we would take a call may be in March depending on what the final figures of anticipated production are’. He said the sugar production is estimated to be lower in the 2022-23 marketing year because of bad weather in some producing states.

Recently, Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said that sugar production is estimated to fall 5 per cent in the current marketing year to 340 lakh tonnes as more quantity of sugarcane juice is being diverted for the production of ethanol. Sugar production stood at 358 lakh tonnes in the 2021-22 marketing year.

Besides, trade body All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) recently said India exported 27.83 lakh tonnes of sugar till February 9 of the ongoing 2022-23 marketing year, with Bangladesh and Indonesia being the top markets. Mills have contracted to export almost the entire 60 lakh tonnes of sugar that have been permitted by the government.

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