Agri Buzz: Local Sugar Output Continues To Edge Higher

5 May 2022 , 02:58 PM

Sugar mills across the country have produced 342.37 lac tons of sugar between 1st October 2021 and 30th April 2022. This is about 42 lac tons higher than 300.29 lac tons produced at the same time last year. However, as compared to 106 sugar mills which were crushing sugarcane on 30th April 2021, 217 sugar mills were crushing sugarcane on 30th April 2022 this year. In Maharashtra, sugar production till 30th April 2022 was 132.06 lac tons, compared with 105.63 lac tons produced last year same period, almost 26.4 lakh tons higher than last year. In the current 2021-22 SS, 76 mills have closed their crushing operations in the State and 123 sugar mills are still operating, as compared to which only 23 mills were operating last year on the corresponding date. The mills are currently facing the problem in harvesting and transportation of harvestable cane still available in the state. Accordingly, the State Government has announced assistance to enable mills to continue crushing till cane lasts. U.P. sugar mills have produced 98.98 lac tons of sugar as on 30th April 2022, which is 6.64 lac tons lower than the production of 105.62 lac tons achieved by them last year on the corresponding date. Powered by Commodity Insights