In a bid to secure ample supplies of sugar amid concerns of a potential fall in production due to below-normal rainfall in key growing states, India is contemplating measures to discourage the diversion of sugar for ethanol production, according to government and trade sources cited by Reuters.

India shifts focus from ethanol to sugar production amid supply concerns 

India's exports of sugar to Malaysia so far in 2020 have nearly tripled over the figure for all of last year, as Kuala Lumpur steps up purchases to placate New Delhi in a trade dispute that halted its palm oil exports to India, trade officials said.

Malaysia's sugar purchases from India hit record amid diplomatic spat trade

Indian sugar mills have produced 485,000 tonnes of the sweetener between Oct. 1 and Nov. 15, down from 1.34 million tonnes last year, the Indian Sugar Mills Association said in a statement on Wednesday.

India's October 1-November 15 sugar output down 64%: Industry body

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