After wheat and rice, India likely to curb sugar export

Scanty rainfall in sugarcane-growing states, and a policy target involving ethanol means the government might add a notch to the belt to curb inflation

India may ban or curb export of sugar in the new season that began on October 1, as a patchy June-September monsoon is anticipated to cut output in the world’s second-largest producer, two officials familiar with the matter said.

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