Tag: sugar
Govt proposes sale of raw sugar in domestic market
The Centre has proposed to allow the sale of raw sugar in the domestic market, replacing the six-decade old regulation which allowed only export of…
World food prices ease slightly in July, UN says
Aug 02, 2024 02:28 PM IST FAO Cereals Price Index declined 3.8% to its lowest level in four years with global export prices for all…
Diversion of sugar for ethanol to fall by 11%, says ISMA
Trade body Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has lowered it’s sugar production estimate by 3.5%, while the estimated diversion of sugar to ethanol has also…
India will be able to export sugar despite El Nino forecast: Official
India’s sugar production next season will be enough to meet the local demand and the country will also be able to export some quantities of…
Kitchen staples pinch on weather, disease woes
Pune: Prices of essential kitchen staples are on the rise as erratic weather, incidence of disease in cattle, and crop damages caused by unseasonal rainfall…
Sugar to become expensive during summer season as production set to fall by 10%
India’s year-on-year sugar production is expected to fall by 10% in 2022-23, which is expected to make sugar more expensive during the summer season when…
sugar output: Sugar output falls 3 pc to 299.6 lakh tonnes in October-March of 2022-23 market year
India‘s sugar production fell 3 per cent to 299.6 lakh tonnes in the first six months of the 2022-23 marketing year ending September, according to…
sugar inflation: Sugar getting even pricier poses new threat to food inflation
Sugar, consumed in everything from chocolate to fizzy drinks and baked products, is becoming ever more expensive, raising costs for the industry and keeping up…
Sugar exports: Extra 1 mln tons sugar exports possible if domestic output meets estimate: Govt official
India, the world’s second largest sugar producing nation after Brazil, can export an additional 1 million tonnes of the sweetener if the domestic output reaches…
Over two dozen sugar mills close early in Maharashtra
More than two dozen mills in Maharashtra, India’s top sugar producing state, had stopped cane crushing by the end of February, nearly two months earlier…