Sugar diverted for ethanol manufacturing between October 2022 and February 2023 is increased at 28.5 lakh tonnes in contrast with 21.9 lakh tonnes between October 2021 and February 2022, in accordance to an ISMA replace.
According to the sugar manufacturing replace issued by the Indian Sugar Mills’ Association on Friday, as many as 528 sugar mills produced 257.6 lakh tonnes of sugar between October and February this season as in opposition to 253 lakh tonnes throughout the corresponding interval final season, after diverting sugar for ethanol. Sugar diverted for ethanol manufacturing is 28.5 lakh tonnes throughout the 5 months of the present sugar season, which is sort of 30% greater than the corresponding interval final season.