Indias 2017/18 sugar output seen up 24.2 percent - industry source

India`s sugar output is expected at 25.1 million tonnes in the year beginning October, up 24.2 percent from the 2016/17 season, an industry source said on Thursday.

Higher output will help India, the world`s biggest consumer of the sweetener, obviate import needs in the next season.

After letting mills import half a million tonnes of duty-free raw sugar this year, the government is soon expected to allow imports of another 200,000 tonnes at an import duty of 25 percent.

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