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Date: 25/04/2025

Sugar production seen dipping this year 
Sugar production for the whole season is likely to be around 26.4 million tonnes (mt), which excludes 3.5 mt allocated for ethanol, according to the Indian Sugar & Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA). This is against the output of sweetener at 29.9 mt in the 2023-24 season which excludes 2.1 mt of sugar that was diverted for biofuel production. Due to seasonal reasons, 28 mills in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are in operation now, out of a total 534 units in the country.  Of the operational units, 16 will close for processing by the first week of May. Meanwhile, industry sources said that so far 0.4 mt of sweetener has been exported in the current season while contract for 0.3 mt of shipment has been entered, as per a report.
 
Source: Exim News Service: New Delhi, April 24