Indian sugar mills association

Indian Sugar Industries

Date:	16 Jun 2011

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Sugar consumption rate is highest in India as shown in the statistics received from USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. However, as per production is concerned, India has notched up 2nd position following Brazil, the largest sugar producer in the world. The Indian sugar industry uses sugarcane in the production of sugar and hence maximum number of the companies is likely to be found in the sugarcane growing states of India including Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 24% of the overall sugar production in the nation and Maharashtra’s contribution can be totaled to 20%. There are 453 sugar mills in India. Co-operative sector has 252 mills and private sector has 134 mills. Public sector boasts of around 67 mills. Top Sugar Industries India Beginning of Sugar Industry in India Sugar is made from sugarcane, which was arguably discovered thousands of years ago in New Guinea. From there, the route was traced to India and Southeast Asia. It was India which began producing sugar following the process of pressing sugarcane to extract juice and boil it to get crystals. It was in 1950-51 the government of India made serious industrial development plans and set the targets for production and consumption of sugar. It projected the license and installment capacity for the sugar industry in its Five Year Plans.

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