Sugar mills throughout the nation have produced 329.91 lakh tonnes of sugar until April 15, 2022, which is 38.09 lakh tonnes larger than 291.82 lakh tonnes produced on the identical time final 12 months, the Indian Sugar Mills Affiliation (ISMA) acknowledged. As in comparison with 170 sugar mills that have been crushing sugarcane in April final 12 months, there are 305 sugar mills crushing this 12 months.
ISMA in an announcement acknowledged that Maharashtra has recorded sugar manufacturing of 126.48 lakh tonnes until April 15 in contrast with 103.95 lakh tonnes produced final 12 months throughout identical interval. That is virtually 22.53 lakh tonnes larger than final 12 months. Within the present 2021-22 sugar season, 45 mills have reportedly closed their crushing operations in Maharashtra and 153 sugar mills are working at the moment. On the corresponding date within the final season, solely 54 mills have been in operation within the State, which went on to supply one other 2.55 lakh tonnes of sugar final 12 months.
In Uttar Pradesh, 120 sugar mills that have been in operation, have produced 94.41 lakh tonnes of sugar. Out of 120 mills, 52 have stopped crushing operations. An identical variety of mills operated final 12 months within the State and had produced 100.86 lakh tonnes as of April 15, 2021.
Within the case of Karnataka, 72 sugar mills have produced 59 lakh tonnes of sugar. As many as seven mills are nonetheless working within the State.
In Tamil Nadu, out of 28 sugar mills that operated this season, one sugar mill has ended its crushing up to now, although it’d function within the particular season later within the 12 months. As of April 15, 2022, sugar manufacturing within the State was 7.90 lakh tonnes, in contrast with 5.56 lakh tonnes produced within the corresponding date final 12 months.
Gujarat has produced 10.77 lakh tonnes of sugar with 14 sugar mills in operation, whereas one mill has closed for this season.
States together with Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Odisha have collectively produced 31.35 lakh tonnes. Bihar, Rajasthan and Odisha have already closed their crushing operations for the present season.
Sugar exports
As per market reviews and port info, round 80 lakh tonnes of sugar export have been contracted up to now. Out of that, about 57.17 lakh tonnes have been exported throughout October – March interval, as in comparison with about 31.85 lakh tonnes in the identical interval final 12 months. Additionally it is reported that about 7-8 lakh tonnes of sugar is in pipeline for export in April 2022.
Within the present 12 months, main export locations are Indonesia and Bangladesh, accounting for nearly 44 per cent of complete exports, as in opposition to 48 per cent shared collectively by Indonesia and Afghanistan final 12 months in the course of the corresponding interval.
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April 18, 2022