India's Sugar Industry Eyes Bumper Crop, Exports, and Ethanol

India's sugar makers expect a big sugar harvest next year.

They plan to make about 355 lakh tonnes of sugar, with a lot more sugar available in total, including leftovers from last year.

Some sugar will be used to make ethanol, a kind of fuel, and some will be sold to other countries.

Sugar companies want the government to decide soon how much sugar they can export.

The government wants sugar mills to use grain to make ethanol instead of sugar, but the mills are worried it will cost too much money to do that.

The weather in Maharashtra will be important for how much sugar they can make.