India Plans to Allow Sugar Exports Next Season to Avoid Surplus
The crop looks promising across key producing regions, helped by higher acreage and ample rains, the person said, asking not to be named as the information isn't public. As local consumption is set to rise only marginally, continued higher-than-average precipitation in the current monsoon period could lead to a sugar surplus, the person said.
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