Indian sugar industry may only be able to supply 4% ethanol blend in 2016/17

September 12, 2016 |

In India, a sharp drop in sugarcane production due to on-going drought is likely to impede the sugar industry’s capacity to supply the 5% ethanol blend for 2016/17 after only achieving the milestone at last in 2015/16. ethanolindia.net believes that it may only be able to achieve 4% while the Indian Sugar Mills Association is pointing the finger at the government’s move to end the excise duty waiver on ethanol several months earlier as a further impediment to supply.

Category: Fuels

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