India’s sugar industry likely to exit exports and exist for ethanol

Biofuel push, climate stress drastically reshape world's former 2nd-largest sugar exporter Workers unload sacks of sugar from trucks at the Deendayal Port in Kandla, in the western state of Gujarat, India, in April 2025. © Reuters NEW DELHI — India's push to expand ethanol production is transforming one of the world's biggest sugar industries, with mills increasingly investing in biofuels as the country prepares for little or no exportable sugar surplus for at least the next several production seasons, according to multiple people with knowledge of industry circumstances.

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