India’s resumption of sugar exports risks global market disruption | 21 January 2025

Posted on by Emma Roberts
The Indian Government’s announcement to export up to one-million tonnes of raw sugar, ignoring previous WTO rulings against it, has raised alarms about potential market disruptions causing a decline in sugar prices globally. India’s history of employing trade-distorting subsidies has faced wide-spread criticism and led to multiple legal challenges. The WTO ruled in 2021 that India breached i...
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Raw sugar export values improve through Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement | 15 January 2025

Posted on by Emma Roberts
The Australian Sugar Milling Council (ASMC) has welcomed today’s report of increases in the value of raw sugar exports to the United Kingdom resulting from the easing of tariffs under the Australia UK Free Trade Agreement which came into force in May 2023. The UK had been a significant buyer of Australian raw sugar in the past and the opportunity to again sell sugar to refiners in the ...
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Growers need to back the sugar industry, not talk it down at every turn | 3 December 2024

Posted on by Emma Roberts
Today, the Australian Sugar Milling Council (ASMC) has noted its dismay at grower groups choosing to frequently talk down the sugar industry. “I am frankly dismayed at some of the commentary of grower representative groups talking down our great industry. A senior Canegrowers representative is on the record suggesting that mill breakdowns in the current crush have cost them billions,” ...
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