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India has banned the export of sugar until September 30 this 12 months with rapid impact, a transfer which might assist improve home availability and comprise costs. Earlier the exports had been underneath a restricted class, underneath which a license was required for the outbound shipments. “The export coverage of Sugar (Uncooked Sugar, White Sugar and Refined Sugar)… is amended from ‘Restricted’ to ‘Prohibited’ with rapid impact until September 30, 2026, or till additional orders, whichever is earlier,” the Directorate Common of Overseas Commerce (DGFT) stated in a notification dated Could 13.
This order, nevertheless, doesn’t apply to sugar being exported to the European Union and the US underneath the CXL and Tariff Charge Quota (TRQ) association, respectively. The preparations enable exporters to ship specified portions of sugar to those locations at considerably lowered or zero customs duties.
The DGFT’s order can be not relevant to the shipments underneath the advance authorisation scheme, government-to-government exports and consignments already within the bodily export pipeline. For the 2025-26 sugar advertising and marketing 12 months (October to September), the Meals Ministry initially allowed 15 lakh tonnes in exports, then opened an extra 5,00,000-tonnes pool, of which solely 87,587 tonnes had been accredited. So, practically 16 lakh tonnes of sugar export had been allowed.
The meals ministry and sugar mills had been anticipating 7.5-8 lakh tonnes of shipments in your entire 2025-26 advertising and marketing 12 months. India’s sugar manufacturing rose 7.32 per cent to 27.52 million tonnes until April within the 2025-26 advertising and marketing season, pushed by greater output in Maharashtra and Karnataka, in accordance with business physique ISMA.
ISMA projected complete manufacturing for the 2025-26 advertising and marketing season at 29.3 million tonnes after ethanol diversion, up from 26.12 million tonnes recorded in 2024-25. Banning exports of a commodity helps in stopping an increase in costs, amid inflation issues and uncertainty attributable to the West Asia battle. In October 2022, India imposed export restriction on sugar after which it was prolonged every now and then. The world’s second-largest sugar producer retains exports underneath authorities management by way of quotas distributed proportionally amongst mills.
