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India’s sugar exports reach 2.01 lakh tonnes till February in 2025-26 marketing year: AISTA
Feb-17-2026

The All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) in a report said that India has exported 2,01,547 tonnes of sugar through February in the current 2025-26 marketing year, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the top destination. Sugar exports remain under government control through quotas distributed proportionally among mills. The central government has approved total exports of 2 million tonnes for the 2025-26 marketing year (October-September), including an additional 500,000 tonnes permitted recently.

It noted that white sugar accounted for 163,000 tonnes of total shipments, with refined sugar making up 37,638 tonnes. The UAE received the largest volume at 47,006 tonnes, followed by Afghanistan with 46,163 tonnes, Djibouti with 30,147 tonnes, and Bhutan with 20,017 tonnes. 

AISTA, in its first estimate for the marketing year, said that India's sugar production estimated to rise 13 per cent to 29.6 million tonnes in the 2025-26 marketing year ending September, excluding diversion for ethanol. The trade body welcomed the government's decision to allow the additional 500,000 tonnes of exports on a pro-rata basis to willing mills.

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