Maharashtra drives sugar output up 43% in Oct-Nov

INDIA'S SUGAR PRODUCTION increased by 43% to 4.11 million tonne (MT) in the first two months of the 2025-26 marketing year (October-September) compared to the previous year, due to a sharp spike in output from Maharashtra and surplus monsoon rainfall, the Indian Sugar and Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) said on Tuesday.

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The number of operating factories in the key sugarcane producing states including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu were 428 this year against 376 during the same period last year.