date:Oct 10, 2013
d face stiff competition from Thailand, the world's second-largest sugar exporter, where availability of the sweetener for shipments is expected to jump after the crushing season starts in mid-November.
The fourth quarter and the early first quarter of next year will be very important for India, before Thai producers have raw sugar volume to export. That will be a window the Indian producers will be able to exploit, said Tom McNeill, director at Brisbane-based commodities analyst Green Pool.