UP sugar production is likely to surge 30 per cent to touch 6.5 million tonnes during the 2010-11 crushing season.
Last year, the state sugar production was about 5.2 million tonnes vis-à-vis 4 million tonnes in 2008-09.
Due to recent floods, the crushing is also expected to be delayed and start only by mid November.
According to estimates, the cane acreage and production this year has increased to 2.10 million hectares and 124 million tonnes respectively.
“However, there could be some revision of these figures due to loss of cane crop in the floods,” Uttar Pradesh Sugar Mills Association secretary K N Shukla told Business Standard.
Following good rainfall, the recovery percentage has been pegged at 9.40 per cent, which means more sugar production per unit of cane. The state government is yet to announce the sugarcane State Advised Price payable by sugar mills.