India Sugar Output

India's sugar production fell 3 per cent to 299.6 lakh tonnes in the first six months of the 2022-23 marketing year ending September, according to industry body ISMA. Sugar output stood at 309.9 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period of the previous year. The sugar marketing year runs from October-September. As per the data, sugar production in Uttar Pradesh rose to 89 lakh tonnes during October 2022-March 2023 period from 87.5 lakh tonnes in the year-ago period. Maharashtra's sugar production fell to 104.2 lakh tonnes from 118.8 lakh tonnes, while output in Karnataka declined to 55.2 lakh tonnes from 57.2 lakh tonnes. ISMA has projected production for 2022-23 to 340 lakh tonnes against 358 lakh tonnes in the 2021-22 marketing year.

India has a cushion to export additional 1 million tonnes of sugar this year if the domestic output reaches the estimated 33.6 million tonnes, a senior food ministry official said on Monday. Sugar availability is comfortable in the country even as the total sugar production is pegged lower at 33.6 million tonnes in the ongoing 2022-23 marketing year (October-September), he said. Sugar production stood at 35.9 million tonnes in the 2021-22 marketing year. "Next month, we will get concrete data of sugar production and then we will take a call on further sugar exports, " Additional Secretary in the food ministry Subhod Kumar told reporters. Sugar production has reached 24.7 million tonnes till February of the ongoing 2022-23 marketing year, he said. "More exports are possible and we have a cushion for exports of additional one million tonnes, suppose the overall production reaches the estimated 33.6 million tonnes this year," the official said. The government has allowed export of 6

Maharashtra, which accounts for more than a third of the country's sugar output, could produce 12.8 million tonnes of sugar in the 2022/23 marketing year that began on Oct. 1

Lower sugar exports from India, also the world's second biggest exporter, could lift global prices and allow rivals Brazil and Thailand to increase their shipments

India is expected to produce around 36.5 million tonnes of sugar in the new season that began on Oct 1, a leading industry body said on Monday

India has emerged as the world's largest producer and consumer of sugar and its second largest exporter

He also argued that the sugar industry should try to create avenues through which ethanol could be sold directly to the automobile industry

India is set to allow sugar exports in two tranches for the next season beginning in October, as the world's biggest producer of the sweetener tries to balance the interests of farmers and consumers

India has exported around 8.5 million tonnes of sugar since the current season began on Oct 1, with exporters likely to contract another 1.5 million tonnes for overseas sales in the next five months

Govt wants to ensure ample supply during festive season, say sources; sugar companies' stocks slide

Sugar mills had manufactured 17.70 million tonnes of sugar in the corresponding period of the previous 2020-21 marketing year (October-September)

India is the world's second-biggest sugar producer and the higher output could weigh on global prices

India's sugar production rose 24% to 20.9 lakh tonnes during October 1-November 15 on higher output in Maharashtra and Karnataka

The country is the world's second-biggest sugar producer and the higher output could weigh on global prices

A few mills closed operations ahead of normal schedule, a trade body said on Wednesday

Production jumped in Maharashtra, a leading trade body said

This would be 12 per cent higher than estimated production of 27.2 MT in the current 2019-20 cycle

There is likely 1% fall in sugarcane area to 22.92 lakh hectares this year

Ex-mill sugar prices have remained steady in the range of Rs 3,250-3,350 per quintal in north India and at Rs 3,100-3,250 per quintal in the south India, the industry body added

Sugar production could slide to between 26 million tons to 26.5 million tons in 2019-20, compared with 33.1 million tons a year earlier