date:Dec 20, 2012
prices, has helped clear the cane price arrears. He added that sugar prices were bearish globally, and the challenge lied in improved technical efficiency to provide the consumer with globally-competitive prices.
He said that a demand had been made for increase in the import duty of white and raw sugar. The issue has been taken up with ministry of finance. He urged the industry to take necessary steps for increasing cane productivity and look at varietal change so that it resulted in better p