ENA Sectors 2022-09-12 11:06:34 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>New Delhi, Sept 12 (KNN)</strong> The Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) in a letter to the food and consumer affairs minister Piyush Goyal has appealed to the government to allow 80 lakh tonnes of exports for 2022-23 sugar season.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">ISMA urged the government to increase exports due to expected increase in sugar production in the upcoming season.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3B9mZSj"><img alt="FOLLOW US on GOOGLE NEWS" src="https://knnindia.co.in//uploads/gallery/GoogleNews.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:95px; margin:1px; width:299px" /></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">As per preliminary estimate, the net sugar production, without considering the diversion of sugar to ethanol, is expected to increase to about 400 lakh tonnes in 2022-23 from 394 lakh tonnes in the current marketing year, said ISMA president Aditya Jhunjhunwala.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Jhunjhunwala further highlighted that around 45 lakh tonnes of sugar is expected to get diverted for ethanol in 2022-23.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">In the current 2021-22 marketing year ending in September, the government has allowed sugar exports of 112 lakh tonnes and mills are likely to ship the entire quantities.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">In May, the government had imposed restrictions on export of sugar beyond 100lakh tonnes, but later allowed another 12 lakh tonnes of shipments, taking the total to112 lakh tonnes for 2021-22. <em><strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong></em></span></p> 30513 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/isma-seeks-permission-to-export-80-lakh-tonnes-of-sugar-next-season 2022-09-12 11:06:34 knnindia.co.in