India To Export Additional 4,124 Tonnes Of Raw Sugar

New Delhi: India will export 4,124 tons of raw sugar to European Union in addition to the 10,309 tons already exported to the bloc, out of free sale portion of 2007-08 season's production.

The government had allowed export of 10,309 tons of raw sugar in October 2007 through Delhi-based Indian Sugar Exim Corporation (ISEC). In a separate notification, the government has also allowed export of 10,000 tonnes of white sugar to the 27-nation bloc for July-June 2008-09. ISEC is the designated agency for the export of sugar to EU under preferential quota, it added.