LEGAL

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Method and limitations

Conflicting figures are shown, not resolved. Where the government and the industry publish different values, both appear with their sources and a ⚠. We do not average them or choose between them.
Bases are not interchangeable. Sugar output is published on gross, net and sucrose bases that are not comparable; the sugar season and the ethanol supply year are different periods. Every figure is labelled with its basis.
Some values are derived. Back-cast prices, computed feedstock shares and per-litre rates divided out of cumulative totals are marked as derived wherever they appear, and the arithmetic is stated.
The simulator is a toy. It is linear, holds coefficients fixed, and models no market response. At its default settings it returns about 41 LMT of sugar forgone against a reported 30–34 LMT, because it applies a first-half feedstock mix to a full year. That gap is the honest measure of its precision.
Some sources could not be retrieved. The DGFT and CBIC notifications behind the August 2026 import quota are static PDFs we could not link directly, and the PIB release ID for the 21 August 2026 Ministry statement was not confirmed. All are listed as open gaps on the sources page.
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