Sugar Prices Pressured as India Curbs Ethanol Output

Written on 10/19/2026
Rich Asplund

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) is down -0.24 (-1.15%) today, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) is down -6.30 (-1.14%). Sugar prices are moving lower today after the Indian government ordered state-owned fuel retailers to stop procuring ethanol from sugar as of November 1, which...Many sugar cubes in pile by Pasja1000 via Pixabay