A sugar district and its calendar
The cane cycle sets when money arrives and therefore when building happens, concentrating demand into a period rather than spreading it. Movement over the same weeks last year is what the stocking decision should rest on.
Credit until the mill pays
Farm-linked credit here often runs to when the sugar mill settles rather than to a date, which can stretch beyond a normal cycle. Ageing rather than a total is what tells you which accounts have run past one season, and a limit per party keeps exposure in reach.
Deliveries across the belt
Loads leave for villages and small towns on hired vehicles to buyers seen occasionally. Vehicle, date, destination and receiver on the challan, held against the party permanently, settles a question weeks later.