India’s sugar production reached 26.21 million tonne so far in the ongoing 2025-26 marketing year, up by 10.5 per cent from the year-ago period, industry body ISMA said on Tuesday.
The sugar output so far has exceeded the total net production of 26.12 million tonne in the full 2024-25 marketing year (October-September).
The crushing was underway as 157 mills were in operation as on March 15, while 379 mills remained closed.
According to Indian Sugar and Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA), mills have manufactured 26.21 million tonne of sugar as of March 15 of the 2025-26 marketing year, as against 23.72 million tonne in the year-ago period.
As the sugar season advances and reaches its penultimate phase, the industry body said it continues to await an early upward revision of the Minimum Selling Price (MSP).
“With production costs increasing and ex-mill realizations lagging, mills are facing mounting cash-flow pressures, leading to higher cane payment arrears,” it said in a​India’s sugar production reached 26.21 million tonne so far in the ongoing 2025-26 marketing year, up by 10.5 per cent from the year-ago period, industry body ISMA said on Tuesday.
The sugar output so far has exceeded the total net production of 26.12 million tonne in the full 2024-25 marketing year (October-September).
The crushing was underway as 157 mills were in operation as on March 15, while 379 mills remained closed.
According to Indian Sugar and Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA), mills have manufactured 26.21 million tonne of sugar as of March 15 of the 2025-26 marketing year, as against 23.72 million tonne in the year-ago period.
As the sugar season advances and reaches its penultimate phase, the industry body said it continues to await an early upward revision of the Minimum Selling Price (MSP).
“With production costs increasing and ex-mill realizations lagging, mills are facing mounting cash-flow pressures, leading to higher cane payment arrears,” it said in a ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
