The Company operates two port based sugar refineries with total refining capacity of 1.7 MTPA. The rated capacity of the Kandla sugar refinery is 3,000 tons per day and that of the Haldia refinery 2,000 tons per day.
Operating Models :
India importing : Import raw sugar, sell refined sugar locally (When India is sugar deficient)
India exporting : Refine local raw sugar, sell internationally (When India produces surplus sugar)
Tolling operation : Import & re-export to capture global refining margin
Advantages :
Port-based location minimizes freight costs and enables cost efficient imports and exports of sugar
Flexibility to shift focus from domestic market to export
Gujarat refinery location enables competitive exports to the highly sugar deficit Middle East region
Haldia refinery strategically located close to sugar deficit regions in East India and South-East Asia
