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Informist, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024

 

MUMBAI – In the 2024-25 (Oct-Sept) season, sugar mills in India have produced 6.08 million tonnes of the sweetener as of Sunday, down 18% from 7.42 million tonnes in the same period a year ago, according to data from the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories. The federation estimates net sugar production across the country in 2024-25 at 28 million tonnes, down 12% from 31.9 million tonnes produced last season.

 

Sugarcane production so far this season is down due to a decline in crushing in major producers such as Karnataka, Gujarat, Bihar, and Tamil Nadu. In the current sugar season, as on Sunday, 183 mills across Maharashtra produced 1.68 million tonnes of sugar. In the corresponding period last year, 191 mills in Maharashtra produced 2.49 million tonnes of sugar.

 

The country's average sugar recovery rate was 8.5%, a tad lower than last year, the federation said. So far this season, mills have crushed 71.9 million tonnes of sugarcane, compared to 85.1 million tonnes a year ago. 

 

In Uttar Pradesh, 120 mills crushed 25.8 million tonnes of sugarcane to produce 2.3 million tonnes of sugar as of Sunday. This is comparatively higher than the production during the same period last year, where the same number of mills had crushed 24.3 million tonnes of cane and produced 2.26 million tonnes of sugar. The federation estimates sugar production in the state at 9.8 million tonnes in the current year, down from 10.37 million tonnes the previous year. The average sugar recovery is also down at 8.9% from 9.3% a year ago.   

 

As of Sunday, 76 mills in Karnataka crushed 16.3 million tonnes of sugarcane, compared to 20.6 million tonnes crushed by 73 mills a year ago. So far this season, mills in the state have produced 1.35 million tonnes of sugar, down 23% from 1.75 million tonnes a year ago. 

 

The federation estimates sugar output in Karnataka at 4.5 million tonnes in 2024-25, down from 5.3 million tonnes last year. The average sugar recovery has been slightly lowered to 8.3% from 8.5% during the previous year.  End

 

Reported by Taniva Singha Roy

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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