Sugar production has improved in India this year. A major industry organization said on Monday that between October 1 and March 15, Indian mills produced 26.18 million metric tonnes of sugar, which is 10.4% more than last year. This increase in total production has occurred due to increase in production in the top three sugar producing states of the country.
According to the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories, sugar production in the western state of Maharashtra rose to 9.85 million tonnes from 7.86 million tonnes, while production in neighboring Karnataka increased by 17.1% to 4.58 million tonnes.
The federation said in a statement that there was a slight increase in production in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh from 8.1 million tonnes to 8.15 million tonnes. The Federation has also informed in its statement that till now, out of 533 sugar mills which started this season, 333 mills have stopped their operations.
How much is the estimate this time?
The All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) had said earlier this month that India is likely to produce 28.3 million tonnes of sugar in the current season ending in September, down from the earlier estimate of 29.6 million tonnes.
AISTA said in a statement on Monday that mills exported 315,577 tonnes of sugar between October and February, whose main destinations were the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Tanzania and Sri Lanka. India has allowed export of 2 million tonnes of sugar in the current marketing year ending in September.
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