EDITORIAL: Sugar the pill Raising customs tariff can be one of the options to protect both the farmers and the sugar mills owners Sugar mills in the country have been hit hard due to cheaper imported sugar in the local market. They have failed to compete with cheaper imported... 25 Jan, 2018
Factories fail to compete with cheap imports Kathmandu, January 23 Sugar factories in the country have been hit hard as they have failed to compete with cheaper imported sugar in the domestic market. Though the government managed to forge consensus between sugarcane farmers and sugar... 24 Jan, 2018
Sugar mills agree to buy sugarcane at Rs 531 per quintal Kathmandu, December 15 Sugarcane farmers and operators of sugar factories have mutually determined the price of sugarcane at Rs 531.20 per quintal for the time being till the government fixes a minimum purchase price of the crop for the ongoing... 16 Dec, 2017
RENDEZVOUS: �Market management for agro products required under the federal system� Though the government started fixing the support price of paddy and sugarcane a few years ago to ensure that farmers get reasonable price for their produce, the government is yet to set the minimum rates of both crops for the ongoing fiscal. As a... 04 Dec, 2017
Govt proposes 50 per cent customs duty on sugar import Kathmandu, November 28 The government is mulling over hiking import duty on sugar to 50 per cent to support sugarcane farmers and prop up sugar price in the domestic market. Arguing that domestic sugarcane farmers and their produce are likely to... 29 Nov, 2017
Sugar price skyrockets as govt delays procuring commodity Kathmandu, February 27 As a result of the government’s failure to import sugar on time and intervene in the fluctuations in price of sugar, traders have arbitrarily hiked price of sugar in the domestic market. Salt Trading Corporation (STC) —... 28 Feb, 2017
UDMF allows sugar mills to operate Rautahat, January 5 The agitating United Democratic Madheshi Front has agreed to allow transportation of sugar cane to sugar mills. With this agreement, sugar mills that pulled down their shutters for months have resumed operation. Mahakali... Travel 06 Jan, 2016
India extends sugar imports NEW DELHI: Top global sugar consumer India on Wednesday extended duty-free import of sugar until the end of next year as it warned domestic output could fall way below demand. The government prolonged duty-free import of refined sugar to... 22 Oct, 2009
India extends duty free sugar imports NEW DELHI: Top global sugar consumer India extended Wednesday duty-free imports of the commodity until the end of next year as it warned domestic output would fall way below demand. The government prolonged duty-free imports of refined sugar to... 21 Oct, 2009
Indian drought threatens rice, sugar output NEW DELHI: India said Wednesday it would step up its food distribution programme for the poor as a widening drought threatened to cut rice production by 10 percent and sharply reduce sugar supplies. Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar also said... 19 Aug, 2009
Cuba plans to end sugar crisis Havana, March 27:Exactly a year ago president Fidel Castro declared that Cuba’s 300-year history as a sugar-growing island was at an end. But the greying revolutionary leader has been forced to realise that he spoke too soon.The collapse of the... 27 Mar, 2006
Price parity stops sugar import from India Biratnagar February 2: The import of Indian sugar through the Biratnagar-based border has been stopped for the past six months. As the price of sugar rose in India, businessmen stopped importing sugar from India.The price of sugar has also soared in... 02 Feb, 2006
