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Brazil sugar shipments may reach India before October 15
Some sugar shipments from Brazil may reach India before October 15, as the government seeks to ease supply pressure ahead of the festival season. The quantity remains uncertain because shipments take 40…
Some sugar shipments from Brazil may reach India before October 15, as the government seeks to ease supply pressure ahead of the festival season. The quantity remains uncertain because shipments take 40 to 45 days, followed by port clearance and transport to mills.
Brazil is currently the only practical source for additional imports, while Thailand faces a supply shortfall. India has approved duty-free imports of up to 1 million tonnes of raw sugar. The government says red rot disease and El Niño reduced output, though the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories expects 2025-26 net production at 279 lakh tonnes.
Port-based states including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh are likely to receive imports first. Ex-mill prices have fallen by around Rs 5 per kg after stock checks and curbs on speculative trading. Authorities may also consider shipments arriving after the October 31 deadline.
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Red rot is a fungal disease that can reduce sugarcane yields and weaken the next crop if infected planting material spreads through fields. El Niño typically affects the rainfall and temperature conditions that shape cane growth, so recovery will depend on both disease control and the next harvest. India’s sugar cycle also links food supplies with ethanol production, since mills must choose how much cane output goes to each use. That makes production estimates less useful as a measure of retail availability unless diversion plans and opening stocks are tracked together. The next practical signal is whether mills receive imported raw sugar in time for festival demand and whether the October 31 import condition is extended.
Source: livemint.com
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