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Contrary to international guidelines, sugar given to newborn babies does not ease pain, according to a study published on Thursday by The Lancet.

Sugar mills in India, the biggest consumer, have committed to export 320,000 metric tons of the refined variety, according to Sucden.

Indian sugar millers have offered 1 billion litres of ethanol to state-run oil marketing companies, Apurva Chandra, joint secretary at the oil ministry, told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on Thursday.

The Agriculture Department said Wednesday that it planned to have interim rules governing genetically modified sugar beets in place by the end of the year after a judge revoked the governments approval of the plants last month.

The new chief executive of lobby group Canegrowers wants to promote the environmental credentials of the sugar industry.

THE price which Barbados receives for its sugar sold to the European Union continues to plummet.

The government will continue charging zero duty on imported raw sugar and levying half on refined sugar from mid-September onwards to keep the market stable.