India’s sugar production stood at 4.58 million tonnes till December 15 of the ongoing marketing year, down 35% from the year-ago period, owing to sharp fall in output in Maharashtra and Karnataka, industry body ISMA said. Sugar marketing year runs from October to September. Mills had manufactured 7.05 million tonnes of sugar in the same […]
India exported about 37 lakh tonne of sugar in the 2018-19 marketing year ended September to clear the surplus stock, the government told the Rajya Sabha last week. Union minister Danve Raosaheb Dadarao said sugar mills were advised to export sugar as per their MIEQ (Minimum Indicative Export Quota) allocation. “With a view to evacuate surplus sugar […]
India’s sugar production declined 64 per cent to 4.85 lakh tonnes till November 15 in the current marketing year that started last month as mills in Maharashtra have not yet begun their operations, industry body ISMA said. Sugar marketing year runs from October to September. Maharashtra is set to start its crushing season from 22 […]
India’s 2019-20 sugar production is set to fall by 19 per cent over previous year, industry body Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said in its first estimate of sugar production for 2019-20. India is expected to produce 268.5 lakh tonnes sugar in 2019-20 as against 331.61 lakh tonnes produced in the previous year. A press […]
The Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has called for adoption of international laws and practices on cane pricing. Cane price should be automatically determined as a percentage of revenue from sugar and/or by-products, top officials of the association said. “If India has to become competitive, cane pricing policy should be rationalised quickly because there is […]
India’s sugar production is estimated to decline 14 per cent to 28.2 million tonnes in the next marketing year starting October, mainly due to fall in sugarcane acreage due to less rains in states like Maharashtra and Karnataka, according to industry body, Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA). Sugar output is likely to be at 32.95 […]
Sugarcane arrears to farmers touched nearly Rs 19,000 crore as on June 18 of the ongoing marketing year ending September with maximum amount owed by sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh, according to the government data. Mills in Uttar Pradesh owe the maximum amount at Rs 11,082 crore, followed by Karnataka (Rs 1,704 crore) and Maharashtra […]
India’s sugar production rose by 6% to 273.47 lakh tonnes till March 15, 2019, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said in a statement. On the corresponding date last year, 258.20 lakh tonnes had been produced with 399 mills operating as on 15th March 2018, the industry data said. “During 2018-19 SS, 527 sugar mills […]
India’s sugar production till December 31, 2018 was up by 6.7 per cent to 110.52 lakh tonnes as compared to 103.56 lakh tonnes in the same period last year, industry body Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said in its latest report. As on the last day of 2018, 501 sugar mills were in operation in […]
The Chinese delegation is exploring ways of firming up long-term arrangements for import of sugar from India. A high-level delegation from the Chinese sugar industry visited Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, two states which account for the bulk of production in the country. India had earlier asked China to consider releasing its raw sugar export […]
