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Karnataka and Tamil Nadu also reported higher production of 37.50 lakh tonnes and 15.25 lakh tonnes respectively...
The surge was witnessed following Maharashtra producing 87.11 lakh tonnes of sugar, up 8.5 per cent compared with last year, while Uttar Pradesh’s production was up 18 per cent at 69.40 lakh tonnes...
Meanwhile the production for the month of April jumped by 13 per cent at 249.80 lakh tonnes (221.52 lakh tonnes) up to April 22 in the current sugar year (October-September)...
With the current production in place, the sugar producing body is expecting the country to produce a total 26 million tonnes in the 12 months from October 1, 2011, which is about 4 million tonnes higher than its annual demand...
As per the data, western state of Maharashtra produced 8.8 million tonnes, northern state of Uttar Pradesh’s production stood at 6.9 million tonnes, while southern Karnataka produced 3.7 million tonnes...
The Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said the sugar production between the period October and April witnessed a surge by 11 per cent on year-on-year basis...
