Sugar output jumps as 184 mills begin crushing for the new season

6 November 2026

The Indian Sugar and Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association has said that 184 sugar mills produced 12.85 lakh tonnes of sugar in the opening weeks of the new crushing season, an increase of 9.65 lakh tonnes over the same period a year earlier. The association said 136 mills have started work in Maharashtra and 19 in Uttar Pradesh, with more mills in Uttar Pradesh expected to begin crushing after the festival. Seven mills each in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are carrying on from the special crushing season. Opening stocks of 36 lakh tonnes have been carried over from the previous season. The association said domestic availability therefore remains comfortable. The figures were put out in a press release at the end of the week.