This year’s output may exceed 10.7 million tonnes, he said. A prolonged dry weather in Maharashtra is affecting sugar cane planting, Khatal said. An estimated 75 million tonnes of cane will likely be crushed in 2019-20, compared with about 100 million tonnes this year, he said. Sugar production in Maharashtra during the current year totaled 10.62 million tonnes as of Monday, up from 10.3 million tonnes a year earlier, Khatal said. Mills crushed 94.5 million tonnes of cane as of 8 April, compared with 92.1 million tonnes a year earlier, he said.

Source: Mint April 09, 2019 17:48 UTC