New Delhi, March 16 India exported 3.15 lakh tonnes of sugar during October-February of the current 2025-26 marketing year, with the UAE emerging as the top destination, the All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) said on Monday.
Sugar exports remain under government control through quotas distributed proportionally among mills. The central government has approved a total export of 2 million tonnes for the 2025-26 marketing year (October-September), including an additional 500,000 tonnes recently permitted.
White sugar accounted for 2,57,971 tonnes of the total shipments, with refined sugar making up 53,664 tonnes, AISTA said in a statement.
The UAE received the largest volume at 79,683 tonnes, followed by Afghanistan (71,813 tonnes), Djibouti (45,801 tonnes) and Tanzania (21,330 tonnes).
"India will be able to undertake physical shipments of more than 800,000 tonnes, including to Asian and Gulf countries," AISTA Chairman Praful Vithalani said.
India's sugar output for the 2025-26 season has been revised down by 4.4 per cent to 28.3 million tonnes from an earlier first estimate of 29.6 million tonnes, AISTA said in its second estimate citing lower yields in key producing states due to adverse weather.