New Delhi: Sugar exports reached 3.68 million tonne in 2018-19 marketing year so far against the approved volume of 5 million tonne, according to the India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA).
The central government had allowed 5 million tonnes of sugar exports in the 2018-19 year (October-September) to deal with surplus production and support local prices.
As much as 3.14 million tonne of sugar has been shipped while 544,635 tonne was in transit, the association said.
Raw sugar volume was 1.49 million tonne and white at 1.53 million tonne.
Iran, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Somalia and Afghanistan were the major destination countries for Indian sugar exports.
The country had exported 500,000 tonne of sugar in the 2017-18 year (Oct-Sep).
Sugar production is projected at around 33 million tonne in 2018-19 as against 32.3 million tonne in 2017-18 while the domestic demand is around 25 million tonne.