Sugar Producing States

India's sugar production is expected to fall by 19 per cent to 25.8 million tonnes in the 2024-25 season ending September, down from 31.9 million tonnes in the previous season, according to the All India Sugar Trade Association's second estimate released on Tuesday. The latest projection is 0.72 million tonnes lower than AISTA's first estimate of 26.52 million tonnes, with the downward revision attributed to reduced output in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. Maharashtra, India's largest sugar producer, is expected to produce 8 million tonnes, down from 11 million tonnes last season. Output in Uttar Pradesh, the country's second top producer, is projected at 9 million tonnes, unchanged from the first estimate but below the 10.4 million tonnes recorded last season. Sugar output in Karnataka is projected at 4.10 million tonnes, slightly higher than the initial estimate but still below last year's 5.3 million tonnes. AISTA noted these projections could vary by plus or minus 2 per .

The production could fall to around 27 million metric tons from the last year's 32 million tons and below annual consumption of more than 29 million tons, said India head of a global trade house

A state-run sugar factory, which has been shut in South Goa since 2019, would resume operation in the next one year and produce ethanol from sugarcane, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said. The Request For Qualification (RFQ) has been invited from the eligible bidders to re-start the Sanjivani Sugar Factory to produce ethanol from the sugarcane available in the surrounding talukas, he told reporters on Tuesday. The assurance was given as the sugarcane farmers were protesting since January 2, demanding resumption of operations at the factory, located at Usgao village in South Goa district. The state-run factory, which was started in 1974, produced sugar by procuring sugarcane from farmers till 2019, before it was shut due to the mounting debt. Sawant said the farmers need not protest as they are already being offered compensation for the last four years due to closure of the factory. He said the farmers have been cumulatively paid a compensation of Rs 30 crore by the state ...

Sugar output could be even lower in the next crop year, which runs to September 2025

ISMA says move may delay cane price payment to farmers

SATARA/SANGLI/SOLAPUR, India (Reuters) - Sugarcane growers in India's top producing states are worried scanty rainfall during the crop's crucial growth period could trim yields and reduce sugar output in the upcoming season, farmers and industry sources told Reuters.

The jump in sugar prices has already worsened the impact of inflation in the UK with shoppers paying more for baked goods, sweets and fizzy drinks

Data shows that in the 10-year period from 2010-11 to 2020-21, India's annual sugar production exceeded domestic consumption in all the years, except 2016-17

Production jumped in Maharashtra, a leading trade body said

Demand has emerged from cold drink and ice creams makers that seek to fill pipeline inventory which got diminished during the lockdown due to factory closure and freight disruptions

Hit by the slump in sugar demand following lockdown and consequent subdued realisations, mills have run up huge farmers' outstanding pertaining to the current sugar season 2019-20

This is because the Indian industry contending with brimming inventories has been given a mandate by the government to sell 6 mt in the world market

Uttar Pradesh sugar mills, mostly private, owe Rs 3,600 crore in sugarcane farmers' arrears

Sugar mills contract for 1.4 million tonnes of exports in 2019-20 season

Ram Vilas Paswan, the Union food minister, has written to the chief ministers of all major sugar producing states to take strict action against sugar mills which have not paid sugarcane farmers.In his letter, Paswan says the central government had taken a host of measures over three years to improve the liquidity position of the domestic sugar industry. As a result, ex-mill prices have been fairly stable over a year. However, some mills are still having arrears from previous years, while those for the current sugar year (it began on October 1, 2017) have risen considerably, a matter of 'serious concern'.Paswan noted the matter had already been raised on March 3 by the secretary of his ministry with state counterparts. "I, therefore, seek your intervention to issue strict directions to all sugar mills for immediate clearing of cane arrears for sugar season 2017-18 and those of earlier years." He also urged action against defaulter mills wherever warranted.Cane payment arrears has ...