sugar output
India's sugar output likely to fall 21.5 pc in 2019-20: ISMA
ISMA had made a preliminary estimate of 28.2 million tonnes of sugar production for the 2019-20 marketing year.
Govt sees 24 per cent rise in sugar production to 25 million tonnes in 2017-18
Higher sugar output is projected on likely increase in cane production and better recovery in three major producing states.
Sugar output may rise 24 pc to 25 MT in 2017-18: ISMA
Sugar production in world's second largest producer after Brazil is estimated at 20.2 MT in ongoing 2016-17.
Sugar output expected to jump on decent monsoon
India was forced to import 500,000 tonnes of sugar in the 2016-17 crop year.
Industry body cuts 2016/17 sugar output forecast by 5 per cent
Lower sugar output could exacerbate shortages and further push up prices of sweetener.
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