Total sugar production in the course of the present sugar season, that can finish on September 30, 2024, is predicted to be 340 lakh tonnes.
The Indian Sugar Mills Association mentioned in a press launch that it had revised the sugar production estimate (earlier than diversion for ethanol production) by about 5 lakh tonnes as sugarcane availability in Karnataka and Maharashtra was higher than anticipated. However, cane harvest in Uttar Pradesh shouldn’t be as excessive as estimated earlier. As many as 466 sugarmills continued operation and until the tip of February, sugar produced (after diversion for ethanol) was 255.5 lakh tonnes, it mentioned.
