‘Sugar output down 50% so far this season on delayed crushing’
19 Dec 2013 4:58 AM IST
The industry has pegged total sugar output at 250 lakh tonnes in the ongoing 2013-14 season (October-September), higher than the government estimate of 241 million tonnes.
‘The country has produced 24.24 lakh tonnes of sugar till 15 December, which is about 50 per cent less than last year,’ Indian Sugar Mills Association said in a release. After a slow start, the 2013-14 sugarcane crushing season has been catching up fast. About 426 mills were crushing till 15 December, as against 457 mills in the year-ago period, it said.
Sugar output in Maharashtra, the country's leading sugar producing state, fell by 35 per cent to 1.2 million tonnes so far this season.
Mills in the state crushed about 1.28 million tonnes of sugarcane. About 150 mills were in operation till December 15, as against 170 mills in the year-ago period.
Sugar output in Uttar Pradesh, the country's second biggest sugar producing state, fell by 78 per cent to 2.30 lakh tonnes so far this season. In the state, 110 mills are operating now against 116 mills a year ago.
In Karnataka, sugar production was down by 57 per cent to 4.75 lakh tonnes till 15 December this season. 55 mills were in operation as against 56 in the year-ago period. Sugar output showed a decline even in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The output in Andhra Pradesh fell by 44 per cent to 0.95 lakh tonnes, while it declined by 70 per cent to 0.60 lakh tonnes in Tamil Nadu in the review period.
‘The country has produced 24.24 lakh tonnes of sugar till 15 December, which is about 50 per cent less than last year,’ Indian Sugar Mills Association said in a release. After a slow start, the 2013-14 sugarcane crushing season has been catching up fast. About 426 mills were crushing till 15 December, as against 457 mills in the year-ago period, it said.
Sugar output in Maharashtra, the country's leading sugar producing state, fell by 35 per cent to 1.2 million tonnes so far this season.
Mills in the state crushed about 1.28 million tonnes of sugarcane. About 150 mills were in operation till December 15, as against 170 mills in the year-ago period.
Sugar output in Uttar Pradesh, the country's second biggest sugar producing state, fell by 78 per cent to 2.30 lakh tonnes so far this season. In the state, 110 mills are operating now against 116 mills a year ago.
In Karnataka, sugar production was down by 57 per cent to 4.75 lakh tonnes till 15 December this season. 55 mills were in operation as against 56 in the year-ago period. Sugar output showed a decline even in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The output in Andhra Pradesh fell by 44 per cent to 0.95 lakh tonnes, while it declined by 70 per cent to 0.60 lakh tonnes in Tamil Nadu in the review period.
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