Food grain production in the nation is expected to be roughly 154.19 million tonnes during the kharif season and 155.12 million tonnes during the rabi season in 2023–2024, according to government estimates released on Thursday. The output of Kharif rice is projected to be 111.46 million tonnes, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’…
Due to favorable weather in the major growing states, the nation’s sugar production in the current season (2023–24) is probably going to exceed the 32.5 million tonne (MT) forecast last month, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) stated on Tuesday. According to ISMA, the standing cane crop has benefited from recent weather, and cane commissioners…
Until at least the first half of the following season, India is not considering allowing sugar exports since the government is concerned the El Nino weather pattern will restrict rainfall and hurt production, government sources said on Monday. The amount of sweetener mills can export is typically decided by India, the second-largest exporter of sugar…
Out of the 514 crore liters of ethanol contracted for the ethanol supply year (ESY) 2022-23, 233 crore liters had been delivered to oil marketing companies as of April 30. This allowed them to increase the blending to 11.65 percent from 10% during the same period last year. In the present ESY, a 12% ethanol…
Since the sugarcane crop has been hampered by excessive rainfall, primarily in Maharashtra and Karnataka, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has revised lower the country’s production of the commodity to 34 million tonnes (mt) for the current season (October 2022 September 2023). The projection by ISMA, an association of private sugar mills, is 5%…
In its first estimate of sugar production for 2022–23, which was just announced, the private trade group All India Sugar Traders Association (AISTA) estimated India’s sugar production at 34.5 million tonnes, a decrease of 3.63% from the 35.8 million tonnes produced in the prior year. Maharashtra will produce 12.4 million tonnes of sugar this season,…
According to Sonjoy Mohanty, DirectorGeneral, Indian Sugar Mills Association, The sugar sector is hoping that the government will permit the export of an additional 30 lakh tonnes (lt) of sugar (ISMA). As a result, he continued, domestic prices would remain stable, cane growers will receive payments on time, and inventory levels will decrease. The central…
India’s sugar exports are likely to decline to around 8 million tonnes (MT) in the next season starting October, compared with a record shipment of around 11.2 MT worth $4.6 billion in 2021-22. The drop is assigned to lower carry-forward stocks at the start of the season. Sugar prices in the global markets are firm…
Ahead of the meeting of the committee of secretaries, the sugar industry has sought the release of 10 lakh tonnes (lt) of additional export quota to mills and bringing back export under the “free” category from next season starting October 1. A sizeable quantity is likely to be cleared even if the government does not…
Sugar mills across the country have produced 329.91 lakh tonnes of sugar till April 15, which is higher than 291.82 lakh tonnes produced in past year, said, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA). Compared with 170 mills that were crushing sugarcane in April last year, This year it was increased up to 305 mills for…
