Government will very soon announce sugar export quota for 2022-23 mkt year: Food SecyIndia's sugar exports stood at 7 million tonnes in the 2020-21 marketing year, 5.9 million tonnes in 2019-20 and 3.8 million tonnes in 2018...
21 Sep, 2022, 07.17 PM IST
India signs deals to export 1.2 million tonnes of sugar in new seasonExports from the world's second biggest sugar producer could limit a rally in global prices that reached a 4-1/2-year high in August as tra...
09 Sep, 2021, 07.23 PM IST
ISMA for lower duty on Indian sugar in Bangladesh, Sri LankaWhile Bangladesh levys import duty of USD 150 per tonne on sugar, Sri Lanka imposes USD 100. The two neighbours import about 25-30 lakh ton...
14 Dec, 2017, 02.33 PM IST
GST will make sugar cheaper in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, no impact in other statesAccording to ISMA, consumers from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, the two states which currently have VAT on sugar, will have to pay less on...
18 May, 2017, 09.59 PM IST
ISMA giving misleading production figure; no need to import sugar: Ram Vilas PaswanThe trade body expects increase in area under sugarcane in the drought hit states of Maharashtra and Karnataka during the next crushing sea...
16 Mar, 2017, 04.30 PM IST
No sugar shortage this year: Indian Sugar Mills AssociationIndia is the world’s biggest consumer of the sweetener with annual consumption touching 25 million tonne. Of this, 70-75% is consumed by in...
10 May, 2016, 07.05 AM IST
Oil Ministry wants ethanol in priority lending sectorThe ministry of petroleum and natural gas is pushing for including ethanol in priority sector lending to help increase usage of cleaner bio...
22 Jan, 2016, 08.14 PM IST
Government should expedite bilateral talks to push sugar export: ISMAISMA asked the government to expedite bilateral talks with neighbouring nations to ensure that export of 3.2 mn tonnes of surplus sugar tak...
16 Dec, 2015, 07.00 PM IST
Sugar mills have contracted 104 crore litres of ethanol so far: ISMAIndia, the world's second largest sugar producer, is all set to produce surplus sweetener for the sixth straight year at 26-27 million tonn...
24 Nov, 2015, 04.28 PM IST
ISEC to export 1 lakh tonnes of Sugar by mid-OctoberCountry's sugar production in marketing year 2015-16, is estimated at 27 million tonnes against the annual demand of 24.5 million tonnes.
30 Sep, 2015, 06.46 PM IST
Sugar output rises 14.27% to 27.37 million tonnes in October-AprilSugar production in Maharashtra, the country's leading producer, has touched an all-time high of 10.35 mn tonnes in the said period, ISMA s...
01 May, 2015, 04.47 PM IST
Sugar mills seek debt restructuring, export sops from governmentThe association also pointed out that the debt burden of the sugar industry has more than tripled to Rs 36,601 crore at the end of 2012-13 ...
30 Jan, 2015, 08.43 PM IST
Sugar output revised upwards by 2% to 26 MT for 2014-15The ex-mill price of sugar has already declined by about Rs 3 per kg since October 2014 when the crushing started.
30 Jan, 2015, 07.35 PM IST
India to soon decide on raw sugar export incentives: Food secretaryIndia will soon decide on extending incentives for raw sugar exports, Food Secretary Sudhir Kumar said on Thursday, as mills struggle to pa...
18 Dec, 2014, 09.37 PM IST
Sugar industry body ISMA seeks hike in import duty to 40% from 15%Industry has been demanding an increase in import duty to boost sales of domestic sugar as the country has surplus production.
27 May, 2014, 04.53 PM IST
- Sugar industry seeks decontrol for growth; rules out cartelisation
Seeking immediate decontrol, sugar industry bodies ISMA and NFCSF today said giving freedom to mills to sell sugar will help achieve higher...
08 Nov, 2012, 06.14 PM IST
- Retail sugar prices rose in July over monsoon worries
Retail sugar prices were in the range of Rs 35-40 per kg in the four metros on concerns over a possible decline in sugarcane output.
15 Aug, 2012, 12.37 PM IST