Sugar Prices Fall as India Halts Sugar Diversion to Ethanol

Written on 10/19/2026
Rich Asplund

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) closed down -0.28 (-1.34%) on Monday, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) closed down -8.10 (-1.46%). Sugar prices settled lower on Monday after the Indian government ordered state-owned fuel retailers to stop procuring ethanol from sugar as of November 1,...Ethanol in dictionary by Mark Poprocki via Shutterstock