The country’s sugar production declined 1.19 per cent to 25.53 million tonne so far in the ongoing 2023-24 marketing year,
industry body ISMA said on Monday.
Sugar production stood at 25.84 MT till February in the year-ago period. Sugar marketing year runs from October to September.
In its second estimate, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has projected sugar output to decline by 10 per cent to 33.05 MT in the current 2023-24 marketing year as against 36.62 MT in the previous year.
According to ISMA, sugar production in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu remained lower till February of the ongoing marketing year.
However, sugar output in Uttar Pradesh — the country’s second largest producer of the sweetener — was higher at 7.81 MT as against 7 MT in the period under review.
The production in Maharashtra — the country’s largest producer of sugar — was down at 9.09 MT till February of this marketing year, compared with 9.51 MT in the year-ago period.
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