WISMA seeks extension for unsold August sugar quota amid market disruption
WISMA has urged DFPD to extend the deadline for lifting unsold August 2026 sugar quota to September 15, citing market disruption from government measures, including raw sugar imports and tighter stock norms. The association warned of volatile prices, reduced buying and dispatches, and requested penalty-free relief for affected mills.
The West Indian Sugar Mills Association (WISMA) has urged the Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) to extend the deadline for lifting unsold August 2026 sugar quota to September 15, 2026, citing market disruption caused by a series of recent government measures on stocks, sales, dispatches and raw sugar imports.
In a letter to Ashwini Srivastava, Joint Secretary (Sugar) at the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, WISMA said dispatches in the second fortnight of August, from the 16th to the 31st, were adversely affected following the government’s interventions, which included the import of 10 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of raw sugar. The association said it supported the government’s measures aimed at addressing the sudden spike in sugar prices and supplies.
According to the letter, the market was disturbed in the wake of these measures, with buyers failing to lift stocks already sold and fresh purchases severely affected amid sharp upward and downward price swings. WISMA said mill selling as well as lifting and dispatch activity had been hit as a result, leaving many of its member mills unable to sell or exhaust their entire allotted quota for August 2026 by the end of the month.
WISMA has requested that unsold or unlifted sugar stocks be granted an extension until September 15, 2026, and said that if this is not feasible, no penalty or action should be imposed on mills for unsold or non-lifted quantities pertaining to August 2026. The association said it trusted the DFPD would sympathetically consider the genuine, real-time difficulties faced by its member mills.
The letter, signed by WISMA President B. B. Thombare, was copied to the Secretary, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India; the Director General of the Indian Sugar & Bio-energy Manufacturing Association (ISMA); and the Commissioner of Sugar at the Sugar Commissioner’s Office in Pune.
The representation comes days after the central government tightened stock holding limits for sugar dealers and expanded raw sugar import quotas as part of efforts to stabilise domestic prices, measures that industry bodies have said have contributed to short-term volatility in trade and dispatch patterns even as they support the broader objective of price stability.
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Source : ChiniMandi
