Kitchen staples pinch on weather, disease woesClimatic changes, crop damages caused by unseasonal rainfall, and diseases in cattle have resulted in increase of kitchen staple prices, sa...
13 Apr, 2023, 12.22 AM IST
Sugar mills seek next year's export policy to cash in on firm futuresIndustry body Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), in a letter to the food ministry, has requested to allow export of eight million tonne...
22 Jul, 2022, 11.36 AM IST
Bullish sentiments in sugar avert agitation over cane price in MaharashtraSugar millers and the state government, which has several sugar barons from the Congress and the NCP as ministers, had proposed legal amend...
09 Nov, 2021, 09.49 AM IST
Maharashtra govt expects 5.6% increase in sugar production in 2021-22"The area planted under sugar cane for the 2021-22 sugar season has increased to 12.32 lakh hectare, while the per hectare production of su...
13 Sep, 2021, 07.24 PM IST
Domestic sugar price increase slows down pace of India’s sugar export dealsSugar prices improved around 9% in a month touching Rs 3,430/quintal ex-mill for S30 grade sugar. This was on the back of a strong demand f...
09 Sep, 2021, 09.56 AM IST
India lost opportunity to export 1.7 million tonnes of sugar as buyers turned to other suppliers: Industry executives“We could have contracted for export of 15-17 lakh tonnes of sugar while physical dispatches could have hit 12 lakh tonnes had the policy b...
19 Nov, 2020, 03.24 PM IST
Heavy rainfall in Maharashtra and nearby states to delay sugarcane crushingHeavy rainfall from a withdrawing monsoon in Maharashtra and adjoining states is expected to delay the 2020-21 sugarcane crushing season of...
15 Oct, 2020, 09.24 PM IST
Delay in reallocation of sugar export quota for 2019-20 worries industry, tradeThe Union government under the Maximum Admisdible Export Quota (MAEQ) scheme, allocates mill wise sugar export quota. The mills who fail to...
23 Jul, 2020, 07.36 PM IST
Sugar output may rise this seasonThe increase in sugar production is expected to come mainly from Maharashtra.
09 Mar, 2020, 08.20 AM IST
Millers struggle to sell sugar at MSP, opt to export via third-party quotaIt is estimated that Maharashtra mills sold 3-4 lakh tonnes of sugar under third party export quota.
03 Jun, 2019, 08.20 AM IST
Mills must produce raw sugar for now: Traders tell MaharashtraThe Union cabinet, which was expected to take a call on export policy last week, is now likely to discuss the proposal in the current week
24 Sep, 2018, 10.21 AM IST
Glut-hit industry seeks govt nod to export 15 lakh tonnes of sugarAround 40 of the 522 mills across India already stopped crushing operations and a majority of the mills from Maharashtra are expected to sh...
06 Mar, 2018, 10.27 AM IST
Sugar prices up but need policy support: TradersTotal debt of top 10 sugar companies stood at Rs 5,200 crore as on September 30, 2017, down 70% from Rs 17,800 crore two years earlier.
22 Feb, 2018, 07.28 AM IST
Sugar prices jump Rs 1/kg post govt’s capping of sales by millsBy limiting mill sales, unsold stock of sugar will accumulate and be carried forward to next year, worsening the sector’s financial conditi...
12 Feb, 2018, 10.33 AM IST
- Sugar traders hope for government intervention
Sugar mills from Maharashtra, which often resort to panic sales, issued tenders at ₹28.40 per kg on Monday.
24 Jan, 2018, 07.54 AM IST
Sugar prices in Maharashtra hit new low last seen in March 2016“Sugar prices are falling everywhere as mills are under pressure to clear the cane payment bills,” said T Sarita Reddy, president of Indian...
19 Jan, 2018, 01.47 PM IST
Maharashtra sugar mills to cut prices as it faces UP heatUttar Pradesh is expected to top 100 lakh tonnes in the 2017-18 sugar season.
14 Dec, 2017, 01.11 PM IST