Sugar production crosses 305 lakh tonnes: ISMA

Sugar mills across the state made 305.sixty eight lakh tonnes (lt) of sugar till May possibly 31, just about 13.2 for every cent much more than 270 lt made in the course of the similar time period last 12 months, Indian Sugar Mills Affiliation reported on Tuesday.

This season’s sugar output is almost in excess of with only 7 mills – a few in Tamil Nadu and four in Uttar Pradesh – even now crushing sugarcane. Mills in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, nonetheless, will have a temporary distinctive sugarcane crushing year later this 12 months like they did last 12 months. Previous 12 months, these distinctive classes yielded a little much more than three lt of sugar.

Mills in UP made 110.16 lt of sugar this 12 months so significantly which was 15.three lt lessen than last 12 months. Maharashtra, on the other hand, made 106.28 lt of sugar, about 44.six lt much more than that last 12 months, in which quality of cane was impacted owing to drought. Karnataka mills made forty one.sixty seven lt of sugar as in comparison to 33.8 lt similar time period last 12 months.

Existing crushing year in the Western UP got extended by a couple times as most of the Gur / Khandsari units have shut their operations owing to lockdown limits, resulting in the diversion of cane that would have long gone to them to the sugar mills.

In Tamil Nadu, sugar mills made six.52 lt, which is ten for every cent much more than that in the preceding year. Like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu also will have a distinctive year in the course of June-September time period. All other sugar-producing States put jointly made forty one.05 lt of sugar till May possibly 31, ISMA reported.

As for every port facts and marketplace reviews, export contracts for fifty eight lt of sugar in opposition to Maximum Admissible Export Quota (MAEQ) of 60 lt of sugar have now been entered into so significantly. It is also believed that almost 44-forty five lt of sugar would have been exported now involving January and May possibly months. In addition, the sugar marketplace exported 4.forty eight lt of sugar in Oct- Dec 2020 quarter in opposition to the MAEQ of the preceding sugar year.

On the ethanol entrance, in opposition to the complete quantity of 346.52 crore litres, 321.eighteen crore litres have been contracted for and a hundred forty five.38 crore litres of ethanol have been provided till May possibly 24. Oil advertising and marketing firms on May possibly twenty five floated the fourth cycle of Expression of Desire (EOI), inviting more bids from ethanol producers for an additional about 26 crore litres of ethanol in the recent 12 months 2020-21.