The Food Ministry has issued export orders for nearly 92,000 tonnes of sugar to mills till last week out of the total quantity of five lakh tonnes that the government has allowed for outbound shipment.Sugar mills cannot export their produce without a release order from the Food Ministry.On 22nd March, an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Food headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had allowed mills to export 5 lakh tonnes of sugar under an Open General Licence (OGL), which do not entail any restrictions.
