Sugar mills within the nation have produced 32.99 million tonnes of sugar until April 15 this yr, which is 3.8 million tonne (MT) larger than 29.18 MT produced by the identical time final yr, in accordance with the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA). As in comparison with 170 sugar mills that had been crushing sugarcane on April 15 final yr, round 305 sugar mills are nonetheless crushing sugarcane throughout the identical interval this yr.
In a press release issued on Monday, ISMA mentioned Maharashtra has recorded sugar manufacturing of 12.64 MT until April 15 this yr as in opposition to 10.39 MT on the similar time final yr, virtually 2.25 MT larger. In the present 2021-22 sugar season, reportedly 45 mills have stopped crushing operations in Maharashtra, whereas 153 sugar mills are nonetheless crushing cane. On the corresponding date in final season, solely 54 mills had been in operation within the state.
In Uttar Pradesh, the 120 sugar mills which had been in operation have produced 9.44 MT of sugar until April 15 this yr. Of these, 52 sugar mills have stopped crushing operations. An analogous variety of mills operated final yr within the state and had produced 10.08 MT by the identical date final yr.
In Karnataka, 72 sugar mills have produced 5.9 MT of sugar. Currently, seven mills are working within the state. During the corresponding interval final yr, all of the working 66 sugar mills had stopped operations for the principle season and had produced 4.24 MT. However, within the particular season (June – September) final yr, mills within the state had produced one other 0.22 MT of sugar.
In Tamil Nadu, out of 28 sugar mills that operated this season, one sugar mill has ended its crushing to date. As of April 15, sugar manufacturing within the state was 0.79 MT as in contrast with 0.55 MT produced within the corresponding date final yr.
Gujarat has produced 1. 07 MT of sugar with 14 sugar mills in operation, whereas one mill has closed for this season. States like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Odisha have collectively produced 3.13 MT. Bihar, Rajasthan and Odisha have already closed their crushing operations for the present season.
At least 8 MT of sugar export have been contracted to date this season. Of that, about 5.71 MT have been exported from October to March, as in comparison with about 3.18 MT exported within the final sugar yr throughout the identical interval. It can also be reported that about round 0.7 to 0.8 MT are within the pipeline for exports in April. Major export locations this season embrace Indonesia and Bangladesh, accounting for nearly 44% of whole exports, as in opposition to 48% shared collectively by Indonesia and Afghanistan final yr through the corresponding interval.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”