India sugar output decreased by 14%
Indian sugar mills produced 1,2 million tonnes of the sweetener between Oct. 1 and Nov. 15, down from 1,4 million tonnes in the same period last year, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), a producers’ body, said in a statement.
It is reported by Reuters.
Last month, the ISMA scaled down its output estimates for the 2018/19 season that began on Oct. 1 to 32 million tonnes, from its previous forecast of 35-35.5 million tonnes.
Reuters earlier reported that an infestation of white grubs in Maharashtra, India’s second-biggest sugar producing state, and neighbouring Karnataka state, the third-largest producer, could mean sugar output for the 2018/19 crop year will be 9 percent lower than earlier estimates.