'Firms export 6,101 tonne sugar to EU; 8,071 tonne to US'

Sugar Companies exported 6,101 tonnes of the sweetener to the EU and 8,071 tonnes to the US till July 21 under the preferential quota system, Parliament was informed today.
"Pure Diets India, Suminter India Organics, Shree Renuka Sugars etc were the exporters who have exported sugar under quota during sugar season 2014-15. Till 21 July, 6,101 tonnes of sugar have been found exported to EU and 8,071 tonnes of sugar was exported to USA," Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
She said that the government has amended its policy of export of preferential quota sugar to the EU and the US under CXL and TRQ quota.

Under the quota, exports are permitted on low tariffs. After the quota is reached, a higher tariff is applied on additional exports.
An industry expert said that currently the quota for the EU is 10,000 tonnes and that for the US is 8,000 tonnes.
Replying to a separate question, Sitharaman said that there is no proposal on moving to a more liberal regime on routing of third country goods.

Replying to another question, she said till date 15 states have prepared their export strategies, 22 states have appointed export commissioner and 6 states have instituted the export awards.
"In order to make effective functioning of the single window mechanism in SEZs, state governments have been requested to delegate important state government functions to the development commissioners of SEZ and provide necessary exemptions to SEZ developers under state tax laws," she added.

It is expected that these measures will promote exports and facilitate exporters, she said.