India has prohibited sugar exports till September 30, 2026, under a new DGFT notification. However, exports to the European Union and the US under tariff quota schemes, along with certain authorised and government shipments, have been kept outside the scope of the ban.
Published Date – 14 May 2026, 03:26 PM
New Delhi: India has banned the export of sugar till September 30 this year, according to a government notification.
The notification issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on May 13 said the order does not apply to sugar exports to the European Union and the US under the tariff rate quota scheme.
The order is also not applicable to shipments under the advance authorisation scheme, government-to-government exports and consignments already in the physical export pipeline. “The export policy of Sugar (Raw Sugar, White Sugar and Refined Sugar)… is amended from ‘Restricted’ to ‘Prohibited’ with immediate effect till September 30, 2026, or until further orders, whichever is earlier,” the DGFT said.
