Sugar production rises 3.42% to 193.5 lakh tonnes in October-January of ongoing marketing year: ISMA

03 Feb 2023 Evaluate

With rise in output in key producing states, industry body -- the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has said that the country's sugar production, after diversion for ethanol manufacturing, rose 3.42 per cent to 193.5 lakh tonnes in the first four months (October-January) of the ongoing marketing year (2022-23) ending September. Sugar production stood at 187.1 lakh tonnes during October-January period of the previous marketing year. Sugar marketing year runs from October to September. India is a major sugar producing country in the world.

The ISMA said around 520 mills were operating as on January 31, as against 510 mills in the year-ago period. Sugar production in Maharashtra, the country's leading producing state of the sweetener, rose to 73.8 lakh tonnes during October-January of the ongoing marketing year from 72.9 lakh tonnes in the year-ago. Production in Uttar Pradesh, the country's second largest producing state, rose marginally to 51 lakh tonnes as against 50.3 lakh tonnes, while in Karnataka -- the country's third largest producing state -- the output rose to 39.4 lakh tonnes as against 38.8 lakh tonnes in the said period. Production in other states also remained higher at 29.3 lakh tonnes during October-January period of the 2022-23 marketing year, as against 25.1 lakh tonnes in the year-ago period.

The industry body said about 22.6 lakh tonnes of sugar has been diverted for ethanol production during October-January of this marketing year, higher than 16.3 lakh tonnes in the year-ago period. However, it has projected that India's overall sugar production could fall 5 per cent during the 2022-23 marketing year to 340 lakh tonnes as more quantity of sugarcane juice is being diverted for production of ethanol. Sugar production stood at 358 lakh tonnes in the 2021-22 marketing year.

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