Sugar Sector

Sugar mills say retail prices should have fallen faster as ex-mill rates dropped nearly 30 per cent from their August peak, with no shortage reported in the market

Sugar prices are expected to ease within 10 days as early crushing, duty-free imports and government measures boost supplies, while India lifts its wheat export ban

Sugar Stocks Today: Thus far in August 2026, the market price of Avadh Sugar zoomed 51%, while Uttam Sugar, Dalmia Bharat, Dwarikesh, Dhampur, Triveni and Bajaj Hind soared in the range of 26-38%.

Balrampur Chini Mills, Triveni Engineering Industries, Dwarikesh Sugar Industries and Shree Renuka Sugars were up in the range of 3 per cent to 5 per cent in Thursday's intra-day trade.

Indian sugar prices hit a record high as tight supplies and rising festival demand fuel gains, raising inflation concerns and boosting sugar mill margins

Sugar stocks tumble up to 7% after export ban announcement

Sugar stocks including, Dwarikesh Sugar, and Balrampur Chini fell up to 4 per cent in trade after the government prohibited sugar exports with immediate effect until September 30.

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The rally in sugar stocks followed a sharp spike in crude prices, with brent rising above $115 per barrel amid escalating tensions involving the US, Israel, and Iran

The sugar-ethanol sector, Elara said, is once again losing luster, adding that without policy interventions, the industry may be staring at another crisis

The state's sugar sector has over the years successfully transitioned from conventional sugar production to integrated complexes, producing sugar, ethanol, power, and bio-fertilisers

Centre's move to allow 1.5 million tonnes of sugar exports offers relief to a stressed sector grappling with ethanol allocation cuts, cane price hikes, and growing political pressure

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The sugar season for 2025-26 promises to be bountiful, with a projected surplus of almost 12 million tonnes to be produced this season, raising hopes for both exports and ethanol

The government has allowed sugar mills, distilleries to make ethanol from sugarcane juice, syrup and all types of molasses without any restrictions on volumes in Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025-2026.

Sugar trade association AISTA on Wednesday requested the government to allocate export quotas only to mills willing to ship from their own facilities, saying the current system hampers exports and hurts mill profitability. The All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) said the existing quota system, which distributes limited export allocations to all mills based on past production, allows remote or export-reluctant mills to sell their quotas to others, leaving substantial quantities unexported. "This leads to mills located at remote places or not interested in exports to sell their export quota to others. A substantial quantity even remains unexported, resulting in a higher than desired stock of sugar with mills," AISTA said. Sugar exports are currently on a restricted list, with the government controlling volumes through quotas distributed proportionally among mills. AISTA also criticised the 50 per cent export duty imposed on ethanol since January 15, 2024, saying it has failed t

India's sugar production declined 18.38 per cent to 25.82 million tonnes till July in the current season ending October, down from the year-ago period, as major producing states reported lower output, the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd (NFCSFL) said on Wednesday. The cooperative body expects total output to reach 26.11 million tonnes for the full season, well below the 31.9 million tonnes produced in 2023-24. Special crushing operations in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, which run from June to September, are underway and expected to add some more tonnes to the total. Seven mills are operating in Karnataka compared to one last year, while Tamil Nadu has nine mills running versus 11 in the prior year. According to NFCSFL, Uttar Pradesh, India's largest sugar producer, saw output fall to 9.27 million tonnes till July from 10.36 million tonnes a year earlier. Maharashtra, the second-largest producer, reported a steeper decline to 8.09 million tonnes from 11 million .

India exported 5.16 lakh tonnes of sugar till June 6 of the ongoing 2024-25 marketing year with maximum shipments of 1,18,553 tonnes to Somalia, trade body AISTA said on Tuesday. The sugar marketing year runs from October to September. Sugar exports for the 2024-25 marketing year in India were allowed on January 20, 2025. The total quantity permitted for export is 10 lakh tonnes. According to the All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA), mills have exported a total of 5,16,782 tonnes of sugar till June 6 of the current marketing year. Out of which, white sugar exports were at 4.09 lakh tonnes, refined sugar 81,845 tonnes and raw sugar at 25,382 tonnes till June of this year. About 23,219 tonnes of sugar are under loading, it said in a statement. Of the total exports undertaken so far, maximum shipments have been to Somalia at 1,18,553 tonnes, followed by Sri Lanka at 76,401 tonnes, Afghanistan at 72,833 tonnes, and Djibouti at 69,609 tonnes. AISTA had recently said that total

NFCSF projects overall 2024-25 season sugar production at 26.11 million tonnes, down from 31.9 million tonnes in the previous season

The government will take stringent action against the sugar mills violating monthly stock holding limit orders, the Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry said on Friday. The ministry prescribes monthly stock holding limits for white/refined sugar to prevent hoarding and control price increases. For April, the stock holding limit is set at 23.5 lakh tonnes. In a directive issued to mills, the ministry said it has found repeated violations by some group and individual sugar mills despite previous warnings, prompting the issuance of new, stricter guidelines. Key penalties include: for first-time violations, 100 per cent of excess sugar sold will be deducted from the subsequent month's release quota. Subsequent violations will see progressively higher deductions: 115 per cent for the second, 130 per cent for the third, and 150 per cent for the fourth violation. Mills dispatching less than 90 per cent of quota without intimation will have restricted future allocations. Multiple violatio