Government to decide for more sugar export after Diwali

13 Oct 2011 Evaluate

The government has indicated that it will take a decision on allowing sugar exports in the 2011-12 marketing year in the first week of November after assessing global prices and reconciling local production estimates. The Food Minister, K.V. Thomas said that ‘I will take a decision on sugar exports in the first week of November after evaluating our production estimates, the international and domestic price situation.’ National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF), the Cooperative sugar industry body had been demanding that the government should allow 4 million tonnes (mt) of export in 2011-12 to help mills dispose of surplus production and to put a curb on falling domestic sugar prices.

So far in the 2010-11 marketing year (October-September), the government had allowed exports of 2.6 million tonnes of sugar. The ministry will decide after festival of Diwali for how much sugar to be exported. Though, the sugar exports will be allowed in phases and the quantity of shipments will be decided after reconciling this year’s production estimates.

The sugar industry has estimated production of 26-26.5 mt of sugar this year. While, last month, the food ministry had pegged sugar output at 24.6 mt for the year, up from 24.3 mt in 2010-11. The Ministry’s estimates are, however, lower than the Agriculture Ministry’s estimate of 25 mt of sugar production and the production forecast for sugar in 2011-12 will be reconciled and finalized after food ministers meeting with the agriculture minister. There is a difference of 4 lakh tonne between the estimates of food and agriculture ministries.

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