Sugar Export Guidelines for 2024-25 Season

20-Jan-2025 06:01 PM

Sugar Export Guidelines for 2024-25 Season
Sugar Export Quota Allocation for Mills:
The government has allocated 10 lakh metric tons (LMT) of sugar export quota for the 2024-25 season. This allocation is based on the average sugar production of mills in the past three operational sugar seasons (2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24).
The allocation formula is:
Average production of a mill in the past three seasons × 10 LMT ÷ Average production of all mills in the last three seasons.
All mills receive a 3.174% export quota based on their average production.
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Special Provisions for New or Reopened Mills:
Mills that start production for the first time in 2024-25 or those that were closed in the past three seasons but have reopened in 2024-25 will receive a 3.174% export quota based on their 2024-25 approved sugar production. This quota is verified by the respective Cane Commissioner.
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Export and Exchange Rules:
Mills can export their allocated quota directly or through merchant exporters/refineries until 30th September 2025.
Mills that do not wish to export by 31st March 2025 can return part or all of their quota.
Mills can also exchange their export quota with the domestic release quota of other mills until 31st March 2025, reducing transportation costs for export and domestic consumption.
Example: A mill in Punjab or Uttar Pradesh, far from ports and facing high transport costs, can exchange its export quota with the domestic quota of a mill closer to the port.
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Non-Compliance:
Mills that violate the DFPD order dated 26.07.2024 (DFPD Order No. 5-1/2024-SC (386427)) on monthly stockholding limits or fail to clear outstanding government dues will not be allocated any export quota for the 2024-25 season.