Sugar Output at 118.30 Lakh Tonnes

31-Dec-2025 08:20 PM

New Delhi: According to the latest data released by the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF), the apex body of cooperative sugar mills, domestic sugar production in the first quarter of the current marketing season, i.e., from October 1 to December 31, 2025,

increased to 118.30 lakh tonnes, which is 22.70 lakh tonnes or 23.74 percent higher than the production of 95.60 lakh tonnes during the same period of the previous season. About 90 percent of this production came from the three top producing states – Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Karnataka. Last year, these states accounted for 86.74 percent of the production.

According to the Federation, compared to last year, sugar production in the current marketing season increased from 32.60 lakh tonnes to 35.65 lakh tonnes in Uttar Pradesh, from 29.90 lakh tonnes to 48.70 lakh tonnes in Maharashtra, from 20.55 lakh tonnes to 22.10 lakh tonnes in Karnataka, and from 2.60 lakh tonnes to 2.85 lakh tonnes in Gujarat.

In addition, during the current season, 20,000 tonnes of sugar were produced in Andhra Pradesh, 1.95 lakh tonnes in Bihar, 1.30 lakh tonnes in Haryana, 90,000 tonnes in Madhya Pradesh, 1.35 lakh tonnes in Punjab, 80,000 tonnes in Tamil Nadu, 1.30 lakh tonnes in Uttarakhand, 80,000 tonnes in Telangana, and 40,000 tonnes in other states.

According to the Federation, although the number of operational sugar mills decreased from 500 last year to 499 this year, the significant increase in sugar production was due to an increase in sugarcane crushing from 1101.87 lakh tonnes to 1339.21 lakh tonnes and an improvement in the average sugar recovery rate from sugarcane from 8.68 percent to 8.83 percent.