Sugar Prices Recover With India Output Set to Be Tighter
The sugar market is expected to tighten as disappointing output in India, the world's second-largest producer, threatens higher prices for prompt supplies.
The country's output in the current season could fall to 26 million tons after disease hurt the cane crop in its top producing region of Uttar Pradesh, according to Ravi Gupta, an executive director with major producer Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd said on the sidelines of the Dubai Sugar Conference last week. That's about 1 million tons lower than most industry estimates surveyed at the event.
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