Sugar prices are refusing to budge from their record highs even though production has risen. Domestic sugar prices continued to remain elevated, with the average modal retail price at ₹60 per kg on Monday, up 36% from ₹44 per kg a year ago. Sugar prices rose nearly 16% in a month to Rs 55.70/kg, prompting the government to allow duty-free imports of 10 LMT of raw sugar.