The Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has urged the government to allow mills to export an additional 1 million tonnes of sugar, beyond the allocated 10 million tonnes, as production has increased to 36 million tonnes from 35 million tonnes last season.
ISMA President Aditya Jhunjhunwala wrote in a letter that additional export should be permitted also because even in the allowed exports for the 2021-22 season (October-September), around 0.7 million tonnes would be sugar produced in the previous season.
The millers also urged that only sugar mills should be given release orders against exporters and traders in the new