Media Release: Sugar production upto 30th April, 2018
Till 30th April 2018, sugar mills have produced 310.37 lac tons of sugar in the current season. With 130 sugar mills are still operating, majorly in U.P., it is expected that sugar production during the current season might end up between 315-320 lac tons.
Maharashtra mills have produced 106.50 lac tons of sugar till 30th April 2018 and out of 187 sugar mills, almost all the mills have ended their operations barring 15 mills. These mills are also likely to close in the next couple of days.
As regards U.P, they have produced 112 lac tons of sugar till 30th April 2018 and 80 out of 119 sugar mills are continuing their crushing. Some of these mills are closing fast, whereas few are expected to continue crushing till second week of May 2018.
In Karnataka, all the sugar mills have stopped their operations and they have produced 36.30 lac tons of sugar during the current season.
Sugar production in Bihar, Punjab and Haryana during the current season has reached record levels in their history at 7.10 lac tons, 8 lac tons and 7.25 lac tons, respectively. While all mills in Bihar have stopped crushing, few mills in Punjab and Haryana are still operating.
Other States like Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana have produced 10.90 lac tons, 7.10 lac tons and 5.30 lac tons, respectively.