India sugar import decision imminent - Ram Vilas Paswan

Reuters  |  NEW DELHI 

(Reuters) - will soon take a decision on the need to import sugar, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said in a Twitter post on Monday.

last month reported that was planning to allow an additional 200,000 tonnes of duty-free imports because of production falling below consumption in the 2016/17 marketing year.

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First Published: Mon, September 04 2017. 20:54 IST