Export release orders requirement reinstated for sugar exports; exporters must obtain authorization and comply with specified exemptions. Producers of sugar (vacuum pan process) and merchant importer exporters must obtain an export release order from the Chief Director (Sugar) or an authorized officer for exports under the Open General Licence or Advance Authorization Scheme on a ton to ton basis or other export schemes. However, if raw sugar is imported under the Advance Authorization Scheme and processed white or refined sugar is exported to fulfill export obligations under the grain to grain policy, no export release order is required.