Govt resumes sugar exports; allows 6 mn tons on quota basis till May 31

New Delhi, 5/11: The government on Saturday allowed export of 6 million tonnes of sugar on quota basis till May 31, according to a food ministry notification.

 

 

As per the notification, the ministry has allocated a uniform export quota of 18.23 per cent of the three years average production of the sweetener in operational sugar seasons.

 

Sugar mills can export themselves or through exporters or swap with domestic sale quota of any other mills, it said.