Sugar Output up over 16% at 13.4 Million Tonnes

22 Feb 2011 Evaluate

The country's sugar output rose by over 16% to 13.4 million tones in the first four-and a-half months of the 2010-11 crop year, as against 11.5 million tones in the year-ago period. The government has estimated sugar output at 24.5 million tonnes in the ongoing 2010-11 crop year (October-September), as against around 19 million tones in the previous year.

The domestic consumption has been pegged at 22 million tones. The sugar crop year runs from October to September, but crushing of sugarcane normally ends in April in Maharashtra and UP, which together produces more than 60% of the country's total sugar output. This year's positive production estimates have kept retail prices under control and have given scope for some exports.

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