The nation’s sugar output rose by 31 per cent to 142.70 lakh tonnes within the first three-and-a-half months of the 2020-21 advertising yr that began in October 2020, business physique ISMA mentioned on Monday.
Sugar manufacturing in India, the world’s second-largest sugar-producing nation, stood at 108.94 lakh tonnes until January 15 of the 2019-20 advertising yr (October-September).
Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has projected the sugar output to extend by 13 per cent to 310 lakh tonnes within the 2020-21 advertising yr on doubtless larger availability of sugarcane as in opposition to 274.2 lakh tonnes final yr.
Releasing the newest manufacturing replace, ISMA mentioned the nation’s sugar output is larger by 33.76 lakh tonne to date this yr as in comparison with final yr’s manufacturing for the corresponding interval.
As many as 487 sugar millls had been in operation as in opposition to 440 within the mentioned interval, it mentioned.
Sugar manufacturing in Uttar Pradesh, the nation’s main sugar producing state, remained barely decrease at 42.99 lakh tonnes until January 15 of this advertising yr, as in opposition to 43.78 lakh tonne within the year-ago interval due to reportedly decrease cane yield and decrease sugar recoveries within the state.
The output in Maharashtra, the nation’s second-largest sugar-producing state, rose to 51.55 lakh tonne from 25.51 lakh tonne within the mentioned interval.
Similarly, the manufacturing in Karnataka, the nation’s third-largest sugar-producing state, elevated to 29.80 lakh tonne until January 15 of this yr from 21.90 lakh tonne within the year-ago interval.
Production reached 4.40 lakh tonne in Gujarat, 1.15 lakh tonne in Tamil Nadu, whereas remaining states of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Odisha have collectively produced 12.81 lakh tonne of sugar until January 15 of this yr, ISMA mentioned in a press release.
On ethanol, ISMA mentioned oil advertising corporations (OMCs) have allotted about 309.81 crore litres for 2020-21 advertising yr, together with about 39.36 crore litres from broken meals grains and surplus rice. This would allow ethanol-petrol mixing of 7-8 per cent, relying on the full gas demand.
However, some states like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand have already achieved mixing proportion of 9-10 per cent on January 11.
The business physique mentioned that the allotted amount of ethanol signifies about 20 lakh tonne of estimated internet decrease sugar manufacturing throughout 2020-21 resulting from diversion of B-heavy molasses and sugarcane juice to ethanol.
As per market studies, about 3 lakh tonne of sugar was exported throughout October-December 2020 as per the Maximum Admissible Export Quota (MAEQ) allotted to sugar mills throughout the 2019-20 advertising yr, which was was prolonged as much as December 2020, it added.
