India’s ISEC sells sugar to Dubai

LONDON - The Indian Sugar Exim Corporation Ltd (ISEC) has sold more than 200,000 tonnes of bulk Indian raw sugar to Dubai’s Al Khaleej Sugar, the biggest producer of refined sugar in the Middle East, the refinery’s general manager said on Tuesday.

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By (Reuters)

Published: Tue 5 Jun 2007, 4:36 PM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 10:25 PM

‘It will start this year and spill over into next year,’ Jamal Al Ghurair told Reuters, declining comment on the price.

‘The numbers (tonnage) are going up day by day,’ he added.

It was the Dubai refinery’s first bulk purchase of Indian raw sugar, he said.

Al Ghurair said the refinery had made the purchase because of the freight advantage of Indian sugar over Brazilian sugar to the Dubai refinery.

He said he expected to make further purchases of Indian raw sugar because of the availability of Indian supplies and the freight advantage over Brazil, the refinery’s traditional origin for raw sugar.

‘India is a natural sugar supplier to Dubai whenever they have sugar,’ Ghurair said.

He said the Indian raw sugar would be delivered basis 8,000 tonnes per day load.

He declined to comment on the relative costs of freight from India and Brazil to Dubai, saying the numbers were constantly in flux.

(Reuters)

Published: Tue 5 Jun 2007, 4:36 PM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 10:25 PM

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