India to start new sugar season with ample stocks, says producers’ body

Published 2025년 3월 22일

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India is set to begin its new sugar season in October with adequate opening stocks, despite lower production in the current season. The government has permitted mills to export 1 million tons of sugar in January for the season ending in September 2025. Despite initial estimates of a surplus, industry bodies have revised output estimates, raising supply concerns. However, the Indian Sugar & Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association reassures that opening stocks will be ample and next year's production is expected to increase. Sugar traders anticipate price hikes due to decreased output and seasonal demand peaks. The government will monitor sugar prices and intervene as necessary, as sugar prices are politically sensitive and heavily regulated in the country.

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India is likely to start the new sugar season in October with comfortable opening stocks, despite lower-than-expected production in the current season and exports of 1 million tons, a leading producers’ body said on Thursday. The world’s second-biggest sugar producer allowed mills to export 1 million metric tons of the sweetener in January during the current season to September 2025, as both the government and the industry believed there was a surplus for overseas markets. However, since then, industry bodies have lowered output estimates for the current year to September 2025, raising some concerns over supplies. A leading industry body said India need not worry about supplies. “The supply situation is quite good because our opening stocks will be very comfortable and then next year’s production will be higher,” Deepak Ballani, director general of the Indian Sugar & Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA), told Reuters. On October 1, when the 2025-26 season starts, mills ...

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