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India’s sugar exports touch 7.75 lakh tonnes in 2024-25
The Statesman Kolkata
|October 13, 2025
India has exported 7.75 lakh tonnes of sugar in the 2024-25 marketing season, which stretches from October 2024 to September 2025, according to a statement issued by the All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) on Sunday.
The top destinations for the country’s sugar exports were Djibouti with 1.46 lakh tonnes, followed by Somalia at 1.35 lakh tonnes, while Sri Lanka was at the third spot with 1.34 lakh tonnes. Afghanistan figured next with shipments of 75,533 tonnes.
Sugar exports for the 2024-25 marketing season in India were allowed by the government on 20 January, 2025, with the total quantity permitted for export at 10 lakh tonnes.
This story is from the October 13, 2025 edition of The Statesman Kolkata.
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