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Despite higher acreage, sugar output in India is set to remain at 25 million tonnes during the upcoming crushing season 2013-14 beginning November, same as last year, due to a possible decline in yield on excess rainfall in some major cane growing areas.
Indian Sugar Mills Association (Isma) estimated total cane acreage at 52.89 lakh ha this year, over 5% higher than the last year’s area of 50.06 lakh ha.
