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April 24, 2018, Tuesday | Markets
Sugar prices fall to lowest level in 28 months owing to distress sales
Meanwhile, a sharp fall in sugar prices in global markets has made exports almost impossible
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April 17, 2018, Tuesday | Markets
Sugar production in India to cross record 30 mt, prices under pressure
With falling prices, sugar companies' share prices have crashed
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April 17, 2018, Tuesday | Economy & Policy
A sugar-coated crisis: Cane dues to farmers touch all-time high
Overproduction of sugarcane and crashing retail prices is causing cane dues to farmers touch all-time highs
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April 16, 2018, Monday | Markets
Sugar prices decline as govt looks to crack down on mills for arrears
Pace of price slide has increased, they aver, deepening their inability to pay; asking for govt help, including floor price for their sales
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April 14, 2018, Saturday | Economy & Policy
Govt in no mood to compromise with sugar mills over farmers' dues: Paswan
The food minister said from doubling import duty to fixing a quota on the extent of sugar the mills can sell in open market, govt has tried it all
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April 12, 2018, Thursday | Opinion
Market-based solution: Sugar sector should adopt a revenue-sharing model
The total unpaid dues of farmers crossed Rs 160 billion in March-end
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April 11, 2018, Wednesday | Markets
No immediate plan to give production-linked subsidy to sugar sector: Govt
Asked factories to export 2 million tonnes sweetener, even at loss, to liquidate surplus stock and improve domestic prices
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April 10, 2018, Tuesday | Companies
Cane payments: Paswan asks states to penalise defaulting sugar mills
Letter comes amid mounting sugarcane arrears topping Rs 160 billion and talk of incentivising exports
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April 10, 2018, Tuesday | Markets
Govt likely to pay cane growers Rs 55 a tonne to help sugar mills: Sources
India in March scrapped a 20 per cent export tax and made it compulsory for mills to export at least 2 million tonnes of sugar
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April 08, 2018, Sunday | Economy & Policy
Centre may wait for sugar prices to correct before doling out sops
From doubling import duty to fixing the quota of sugar that mills can sell in the open-market, the government has tried it all
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April 06, 2018, Friday | Markets
Sugar prices lowest in 27 months; lack of demand to reduce rates further
Lack of demand to reduce rates further; markets await export incentives to arrest fall
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April 03, 2018, Tuesday | Markets
Sugar production in Maharashtra is set for a new record for crushing season
Prices, therefore, are likely to be under pressure through this year and next year
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March 30, 2018, Friday | Economy & Policy
Sugar export incentives not to benefit mills due to sharp decline in prices
The government in two separate notifications on Wednesday allowed sugar mills to export up to 2 million tonnes of sugar till September 2018 under the Duty Free Import Authorisation (DFIA)
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March 28, 2018, Wednesday | Reuters
Government eases norms to export sugar surplus to prop up local prices
The country is likely to produce a record 29.5 million tonnes of sugar in the 2017/18 season that ends on Sept. 30
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March 26, 2018, Monday | Economy & Policy
UP sugarcane outstanding piles up to Rs 96 bn; production at record 9 mt
The mills have been provided with a window of 14 days to clear dues
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March 25, 2018, Sunday | Markets
Commodity Picks: 26 March 2018
Subdued demand from processors due to slowdown in meal off take could weigh on prices in the near term
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March 17, 2018, Saturday | Markets
Sugar bears come out to play as India, Thailand post record harvests
The investors are holding the biggest net-short position, or bets on declining prices, in six weeks
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March 13, 2018, Tuesday | Companies
Shares of sugar companies fall by up to 75% due to a sharp fall in prices
Share price of Riga Sugar is down 74 per cent to Rs 10.2 since its peak of Rs 39.9 in April last year
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March 12, 2018, Monday | Companies
Sugar firms stare at losses, with estimate of record output, after 2 years
Sugar mills rely heavily on banks for working capital loans, since production is over a five-six month period, but the output gets sold over the whole year or more
