# No plans to allow extra sugar imports - Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan

> India's Food Minister said there are no plans to allow extra sugar imports beyond the 500,000 tonnes of duty-free raw sugar already approved. He said mill stocks will cover demand and that the government has no immediate plans to raise the 10 percent wheat import tax.

- Date: 2017-05-11 · published 2017-05-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70987-no-plans-to-allow-extra-sugar-imports-food-minister-ram-vilas-paswan
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Confirmed domestic supply adequacy reduces the chance of extra Indian sugar import demand, which is bearish for world sugar. Wheat policy is unchanged for now.

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| WHEAT | 2024-01-13 | [India has no plans to import wheat for now - trade minister](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32104-india-has-no-plans-to-import-wheat-for-now-trade-minister.md) | +0.9% | -1.1% |
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## Sources

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/article/reuters/no-plans-to-allow-extra-sugar-imports-food-minister-ram-vilas-paswan-117051100921_1.html

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