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Sugar production was 7.7 per cent lower at 112 lakh tonnes in the first three months of the ongoing 2023-24 season, owing to lesser output in two key states, according to cooperative body NFCSF..
NFCSF has projected the country's total sugar output to be at 305 lakh tonnes in the 2023-24 season, lower than 330.90 lakh tonnes achieved in the 2022-23 season...
"Since the central government has limited the production of ethanol from sugarcane juice, the total availability of new sugar in the country for local consumption is expected to be 305 lakh tonnes," NFCSF President Jaiprakash Dandegaonkar said...
According to the NFCSF data, sugar production in Maharashtra -- the country's top sugar producing state -- was lower at 38.20 lakh tonnes till December of 2023-24 season, as against 47.40 lakh tonnes in the year-ago period...
However, Uttar Pradesh, the country's second largest sugar producing state, produced more sugar at 34.65 lakh tonnes till December of this season, when compared to 30.80 lakh tonnes in the year-ago period...
