Millers seek raw sugar imports to make up for likely cane shortage

Millers seek raw sugar imports to make up for likely cane shortage https://ift.tt/yMs41XA are concerns about production of sugarcane in Maharashtra and Karnataka, which is likely to affect availability of sugar for consumption and for ethanol production for blending with petrol in these states, it said. India had last imported raw sugar in 2017, after which the country has been an exporter. In 2021-22, India was the second largest exporter of raw sugar in the world.