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India’s sugar exports are expected to be at least 25 % lower during the current sugar season (October 2020-September 2021) owing to “logistics constraints,” particularly due to lack of containers and rise in waiting time for vessels, according to All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA).

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More than 1,000 containers are stuck at India’s Mundra port as authorities crack down on the illegal self-sealing of goods amid a persistent shortage of equipment, sources said. The authorities have now disallowed the pre-stuffed containers and mandated the inspection of cargo at the port.

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A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S Chief Executive Officer Soren Skou stated the fourth quarter “was marked on the one hand by a constant impact of the Covid-19 pandemic but also by some rewarding progress on our strategy to become the integrator of container logistics.” The world’s largest container provider stated commerce interruptions which have despatched freight charges hovering and overwhelmed main ports could begin to ease after the primary quarter, disappointing buyers, however, signaling eventual reduction for cargo shippers.

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More shippers and forwarders are open to less-straightforward alternatives to full container offerings with boxes only available at exorbitant rates. The shortage of containers in significant trade lanes is driving demand for less-than-containerload (LCL) solutions.

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The new motto in the Asian container markets is “go premium or go home,” with shippers struggling to get hold of ships and carriers assuring availability only when customers pay a premium over the Freight All Kind or FAK, market sources said.

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Maersk CEO Soren Skou told CNBC Wednesday that container shipping firms are locked in a “significant bottleneck” as resurgent global demand stretches capacity and drives up freight rates. Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping firm, missed its fourth-quarter profit expectations Wednesday and posted a cautiously optimistic outlook for 2021 after an “exceptional while challenging quarter.”

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The government has budgeted only Rs 13,000 crore for a scheme deemed to reimburse embedded levies paid on inputs consumed in exports in FY22, drawing a sharp reaction from exporters who warn of a delay in recovery outbound shipments in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak.

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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a clarification on its order regarding the requirement of Non-GM-cum-GM-Free Certificates to accompany imported food consignments order is applicable from March 1, 2021. The clarification reads, “The requirement of Non-GM-cum-GM-Free Certificate applies to the consignments which are dispatched from the exporting country on or after March 1, 2021.”

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Pune Grape exports from Maharashtra have begun for this season, but exporters face multiple challenges this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation in Europe. Average grape exports from India are around 2.5 lakh metric tonnes, more than 70% of which is from Maharashtra.

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