Sugar output jumps 18.7% till Dec 15; picks up pace despite initial crushing delays

20 Dec 2011 Evaluate

Sugar production in world’s second largest producing nation - India picked up pace despite initial crushing delay of about a month as the overall sugar production till December 15 jumped by 18.7% as compared to the similar period of previous season. As per the data released by Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), the all India sugar output till December 15 was 45.84 lakh tonnes as against 38.63 lakh tonnes a year earlier due to higher crushing in major growing regions.

India’s largest sugar-producing state - Maharashtra, where mills started their crushing slightly late this year, manufactured 17.50 lakh tonnes of the sweetener, as of December 15, while in the same period last year the state had produced 16.25 lakh tonnes of sugar. Nation’s second-largest sugar producing state - Uttar Pradesh produced 12.85 lakh tonnes in the review period from 8.55 lakh tonnes last year, registering an increase of around 50 percent.

While, sugar production in Karnataka also went up to 8.25 lakh tonnes till December 15 of the sugar season which runs from October to September, compared to 7.35 lakh tonnes in the sugar season a year-ago. ISMA also opined that 452 mills have started operations as of December 12, 2011 as against 445 mills which were operational on December 15, 2010. The apex body of private sugar millers has pegged the country's total sugar output at 26 million tonnes in the 2011-12 season, slightly higher than the government's forecast of 24.6 to 25 million tonnes, while annual demand is estimated at 22 million tonnes.

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