Sugar output up 17% to 27.41 lakh tonnes in Oct-Nov 2016

365 sugar mills were crushing sugarcane on 30 November 2016 this year

Sugar production stood at 27.41 lakh tonnes till 30 November 2016 in the current 2016-17 sugar season (SS), which is 4.06 lakh tonnes more than the production in the last season upto the same corresponding period when 23.35 lakh tonnes of sugar was produced. As compared to 340 sugar factories which were crushing sugarcane last year on 30 November 2015, 365 sugar mills were crushing sugarcane on 30 November 2016 this year.

Most of the sugar mills in Maharashtra have started their crushing operation and 136 sugar mills were crushing sugarcane as on 30 November 2016 as compared to 161 last year. They have produced 9.50 lakh tonnes of sugar upto 30 November 2016 as compared to 12.90 lakh tonnes produced in the corresponding period last year. This is mainly because mills in Maharashtra started their crushing late this year.

 

In the case of Uttar Pradesh, 101 sugar mills were crushing sugarcane on 30 November 2016 who have produced 8.51 lakh tonnes. At the end of November 2015 last year, 61 sugar mills were crushing in Uttar Pradesh who had produced 1.74 lakh tonnes, which is about 6.77 lakh tons less than what they have already produced this year.

In the State of Karnataka, 58 sugar mills were crushing on 30 November 2016 and 7 lakh tonnes of sugar was produced. As compared to this, last year as on 30 November 2015, 60 sugar mills were crushing sugarcane who had produced 5.61 lakh tonnes of sugar.

In Gujarat, 18 sugar mills have started crushing on 30 November 2016 and they have produced 1.37 lakh tonnes of sugar. Last year on 30 November 2015, 18 mills were in operation and they produced 2.25 lakh tonnes of sugar.

Crushing operation in all the other States have also begun and slowly and slowly the pace of crushing is picking up. The other States have produced 1.03 lakh tonnes in this season upto 30 November 2016, which in the previous season upto 30 November 2015 was 0.85 lakh tonnes.

The sugar despatched from sugar mills in first month of current season i.e. October 2016, was 20.64 lakh tonnes, 2.35 lakh tonnes lower as compared to 22.99 lakh tonnes depatched in October 2015, last year. However, in the month of September 2016 the sugar despatched was 20.31 lakh tonnes, slightly higher than 19.19 lakh tonnes sugar despatched last year, in the month of September 2015. The lifting of sugar from mill has slowed down significantly, which has also resulted in a further fall in ex-mill sugar prices across the country.

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