NEW DELHI, Oct 29: The Government is considering allowing sugar exports in the 2025-26 marketing year, as surplus stocks accumulate due to lower-than-expected diversion of the sweetener for ethanol production, a top Government official said on Wednesday. The country’s sugar mills diverted only 3.4 million tonnes of sugar for ethanol manufacturing in 2024-25, well below the projected 4.5 million tonnes, Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra told PTI in an interview. This has resulted in high opening stocks for the current 2025-26 marketing year that runs from October to September, he said. Sugar production for 2025-26 is expected to reach 34 million tonnes against the annual domestic demand of 28.5 million tonnes, Chopra added. When asked about the industry’s demands to allow exports

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