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India to import 810,000 tonnes of sugar in Nov

Monday, 23 Nov, 2009
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A vendor cuts sugarcane before selling it at a fair.— Photo from Reuters/File

NEW DELHI: India is expected to receive 700,000 tonnes of imported raw sugar and 110,000 tonnes of whites this month, trade sources told Reuters on Monday.

 

India, reeling under an acute shortage of sugar, allowed tax-free imports in early 2009 after lower cane production decimated output of the sweetener this year.

 

In October, India received a total of 698,231 tonnes of raws and 115,456 tonnes of whites, the sources added.

 

The country’s sugar mills have placed orders to import five million tonnes of raws and more than 300,000 tonnes of whites in the year to September to overcome the scarcity.

 

India’s sugar season runs from October to September.— Reuters

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