India achieves 7% rise in sugar production during Q1 2018-19

07 Jan 2019 Evaluate

India achieved 7% rise in sugar production during Q1 2018-19 marketing year (October-December 2018). As on December 31, 2018, 501 sugar mills produced 110.52 lakh tonnes of sugar, as compared to 103.56 lakh tonnes produced by 505 sugar mills as on December 31, 2017. The major sugar producing states; Maharashtra and Karnataka sugar mills started their crushing earlier this year and this resulted in rise in output.

Earlier, Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) had estimated that production would decline to 315 lakh tonnes in 2018-19 from 325 lakh tonnes in the previous year. The country's annual domestic demand is 260 lakh tonnes.

As per the data, mills in Uttar Pradesh (UP) have produced 31 lakh tonnes during October-December 2018, with an average recovery of 10.84% as compared to 33 lakh tonnes with an average recovery of 10.14% in the corresponding period of the previous year. Although average recovery of sugar from cane is higher, the sugar production in UP would be lower as the sugarcane yield per hectare is lower than last season.

In Maharashtra, sugar production rose to 43.98 lakh tonnes from 38.39 lakh tonnes. The average sugar recovery so far is 10.50% as against 10.23% achieved in the corresponding period of 2017-18.The association also stated that the mills might close much earlier than last year counting on lower availability of cane in Maharashtra and an early start of operation. Sugar production in Karnataka increased to 20.45 lakh tonnes from 16.83 lakh tonnes during the period under review.

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