Media Release: Sugar Production upto 31^st January, 2016

·         As on 31^st January, 2016, 510 sugar mills which started crushing operations have produced 142.53 lac tons of sugar, 6.23 lac tons i.e. 4.57 % higher as compared to 517 sugar mills which produced 136.30 lac tons of sugar in 2014-15 SS till 31^st January, 2015.

·         13 sugar mills in Maharashtra and 1 sugar mill each in Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh have closed their crushing operations for the season.

·         116 sugar mills in U.P. have produced 36.15 lac tons of sugar till 31^st January, 2016, as compared to 33.75 lac tons produced by 117 sugar mills as on 31^st January, 2015. 

·         In Maharashtra, 177 sugar mills operated during the current 2015-16 SS, of which 13 sugar mills have closed their crushing operations by 31^st January 2016.  Sugar production during the current season upto 31^st January was 54.42 lac tons, as compared to 54.37 lac tons produced in 2014-15 SS till 31^st January 2015.  As on date, 164 sugar mills are under operation in the State as compared to 176 mills operated last year on corresponding date.

·         In case of Karnataka, 64 sugar mills have produced 26.89 lac tons of sugar in 2015-16 SS (one sugar mill has stopped crushing as on 31^st Jan. 2016), as compared to 23.13 lac tons produced by 63 sugar mills in 2014-15 SS as on 31^st January, 2015. 

·         In case of Tamil Nadu, as compared to 39 sugar mills which operated in the State in 2014-15 SS as on 31^st January 2015, 37 sugar mills are in operation during the current 2015-16 SS as on 31^st Jan. 2016.  These mills have produced 2.30 lac tons of sugar as compared to 2.11 lac tons produced in 2014-15 SS.

·         Gujarat has produced 6.90 lac tons of sugar till 31^st January 2016 with 20 sugar mills in operation.  Last year, 19 sugar mills were in operation on 31^st January 2015 and they had produced 6.19 lac tons of sugar.

·         In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, 26 sugar mills have produced 4.26 lac tons as on 31^st January 2016, as compared to 4.92 lac tons produced by 31 sugar mills on the corresponding date last season.

·         In Bihar, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, sugar production till 31^st January 2016 is in the order of 3.05 lac tons, 1.43 lac tons, 2.60 lac tons, 2.40 lac tons and 1.90 lac tons, respectively.

·         During 2015-16 SS, sugar production is estimated to be about 260 lac tons, which is sufficient to meet the domestic requirement.