AISTA Urges Increase in Sugar Export Quota

13-Aug-2025 09:17 PM

Mumbai. All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) has urged the Central Government to allocate sugar export quota only to those mills which are willing to ship it from their own facilities.

According to the association, the current system is not only affecting the export of sugar but is also affecting the profitability of the mills.

According to the association, under the current quota system, all mills are allocated a limited export quantity of sugar which is based on their previous production.

Under this system, remote mills and units unwilling to export are allowed to sell their export quota to other sugar mills, due to which a huge amount of sugar stock remains which cannot be exported.

Sugar mills in remote areas sell their quota to other plants, but when it is not exported, the sugar stock increases more than required with the units buying the quota. This increases their difficulty.

It is noteworthy that at present the export of sugar is included in the restricted list and it can be shipped only as per the quota fixed by the government.

For the current marketing season of 2024-25, the government has fixed an export quota of 10 lakh tonnes of sugar and its shipment has to be done by 30 September 2025.

A duty of 50 percent is applicable on the export of C-heavy molasses from January 15, 2024. According to Ista, due to the heavy duty, it is not being exported in the expected quantity, affecting the income of the millers.