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NEW DELHI: A panel of Indian ministers could meet on Friday to discuss allowing further sugar exports, the Business Standard newspaper reported, on top of the one million tonnes of unrestricted shipments allowed so far this year.
The newspaper cited an unnamed government official.
The panel could consider the divergent views of the farm and food ministries with the latter against additional shipments in the current season to September because of high food inflation and the impending festival season, the report said.
India is the world's second-biggest producer of the sweetener after Brazil and its biggest consumer.
Copyright Reuters, 2011
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