Iran continues to use the accounts for buying these commodities but the amount in the accounts is depleting.
Marketmen said besides restricted arrivals from mills, gearing up in demand from stockists and bulk consumers such as soft-drink and ice-cream makers ahead of new month, mainly brought the rise in sweetener prices.
Soaring domestic sugar prices in the world's second-biggest producer, where drought has cut yields in the main growing regions such as Maharashtra, mean that mills will increasingly spurn the export market.