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Sugar output may fall to 23 million tonne

Date:	05 Dec 2012

Source:	The Financial Express

Reporter:	fe Bureau

News ID:	1807

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SUGAR production in the country is expected

to decline to 23 million tonne in 2012-13 due

to delayed monsoon and drought situation in

Maharashtra and Karnataka, Food Minister K V

Thomas said on Tuesday. The country had

produced 26.2 million tonnes of sugar in 2011-12

marketing year (October-September), against

the annual demand of 22 million tonnes. “Due to

delayed monsoon/drought condition in

Maharashtraand Karnataka, the sugar

production in the current sugar season is

expected to decline as compared to last season

and estimated to be around 23 million tonnes,"

Thomas said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha

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