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Informist, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024

 

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--ISMA: Oct 1–Dec 15 sugar output 6.14 mln tn vs 7.40 mln tn year ago
--ISMA: 477 mills crushing cane as of Dec 15 vs 496 year ago
--ISMA: Uttar Pradesh Oct 1-Dec 15 sugar output 2.3 mln tn vs 2.2 mln yr ago
--ISMA: Maharashtra Oct 1–Dec 15 sugar output 1.7 mln tn vs 2.4 mln tn yr ago
--ISMA: Karnataka Oct 1-Dec 15 sugar output 1.4 mln tn vs 1.8 mln tn year ago
--ISMA: Tamil Nadu Oct 1-Dec 15 sugar output 98,000 tn vs 177,000 tn year ago
--ISMA: Gujarat Oct 1-Dec 15 sugar output 180,000 tn vs 272,000 tn year ago

 

MUMBAI – Mills in the country produced 6.14 million tonnes sugar in the period from Oct. 1 till Dec. 15, down 17% on year, the Indian Sugar & Bio-energy Manufacturers Association said in a press release Tuesday. A total of 477 mills were operational across the country as of Dec. 15, down from 496 a year ago, the association said. 

 

According to the industry body, mills in Maharashtra--the top manufacturer of the commodity--produced 1.7 million tonnes sugar, compared with 2.4 million tonnes a year ago. The output of mills in the second-largest producer, Uttar Pradesh, was 2.3 million tn, up 4.2% from a year ago. However, production in Karnataka fell 21% on year to 1.4 million tones during the same period. 

 

In the current sugar season, factories in Maharashtra and Karnataka started operations in November, much later compared with last year.  

 

During Oct. 1 to Dec. 15, sugar production in Tamil Nadu fell nearly 45% to 98,000 tonnes and output in Gujarat fell by 34% to 180,000 tonnes. Mills across other states produced 494,000 tonnes sugar as of Sunday, down from 544,000 tonnes a year ago. Other sugar-producing states are Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, and Madhya Pradesh. 

 

For 2024-25 (Oct-Sept), the gross sugar production in the country is estimated at 33.3 million tonnes, down 2.3% from 34.1 million tonnes in the previous year, according to ISMA's first advance estimates. In July, the association had pegged gross sugar output for 2024-25 at 33.3 million tonnes. Gross sugar output is estimated before sucrose diversion for ethanol making.

 

The association has estimated sugar diversion for ethanol at 4.0 million tonnes in the ongoing ethanol supply year that started in November. In 2023-24, the government had restricted ethanol production from sugarcane by-products at a little over 2 million tonnes amid concern about lower production of the sweetener.

 

With 4 million tonnes diverted for ethanol from the gross sugar output of 33.3 million, the net sugar output in 2024-25 is likely to be 29.3 million tonnes. In 2023-24, the net sugar output was nearly 32 million tonnes. In 2024-25, ISMA sees comfortable availability of sugar not only for domestic consumption and the ethanol blending programme, but also for sugar exports, ISMA said earlier in a release.  End

 

Reported by Taniva Singha Roy

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

 

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