date:May 25, 2016
5-16, making it the fourth-biggest exporter in 2015-16, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Raw sugar futures, which touched a 20-month high of 17.29 cents a pound on Friday on ICE Futures U.S. in New York, were at 16.63 cents on Tuesday, while refined sugar futures in Mumbai traded 0.5 percent higher at 3,529 rupees ($52) per 100 kilograms. Prices have climbed 36 percent since Oct. 1, when the cane crushing season began.
If domestic prices rise further and if the govern