India eyes record sugar output in 2018-19

Initial forecast are however against such views

Though these are early days, yet there is a section within the Indian sugar industry that has already started talking of a record sugar production of almost 29-30 million tonnes in the 2018-19 crop marketing year that will start from October next year.

The estimate is based on the standing sugarcane crop estimates in some states and also planting intention by farmers.

This, if true, would not only be one of the highest ever sugar production levels seen in India, but it will also be almost 4-5 million tonnes more than the production levels of 2017-18, which is projected at 25 million tonnes.

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