Indian trade houses vying for sugar exports due to bullish global demand and suppressed domestic prices
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Exporters are getting Rs 1-2 per kg more than the minimum selling price (MSP) of Rs 31 per kg set by the government. However, traders said a large quantity of sugar is sold below MSP by the sugar mills due to surplus availability.
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Thanks to the profitability and good demand for raw sugar, a section of traders is trying to get an additional quota of a million tonnes exclusively for export of raw sugar.
Sugar exports have become more lucrative than sale in the domestic market for India’s traders thanks to increase in international prices, which are supported by concerns over production by major sugar producers such as Brazil and Thailand and rising crude oil prices.