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Brazil: Sugar cane production and the current season are estimated to drop
harvesting, which started in April 2019, to 18 million tonnes, which could be a
ended with production slightly lower 12-year low.
than the 2018-19. An estimated 594 Thailand: For the 2019-20 crop there was
million tonnes of sugar cane was crushed a significant drop in sugar production
through the 2019-20 harvest. The sugar from 14.9 million tonnes in 2018-19 to
produced was approximately 28.5 million 8.4 million tonnes. Sugar exports from
tonnes in 2018-19 to 27.5 million tonnes Thailand dropped to around 7.0 million
in 2019-20. Sugar exports in 2018-19 tonnes from 11.4 million tonnes exported
declined from 28.2 million tonnes in in 2018-19.
2017-18 to 19.5 million tonnes; exports for

Indian sugar industry

India continues to be the second-largest crushing about 10-12 days earlier than
sugar manufacturer in the world. During the previous year, producing more than
sugar season 2019-20, 457 sugar mills what they had produced in the previous
engaged in crushing operations as season.
against 527 mills in the previous year. In Maharashtra, sugar production for
Around 268.2 lac tones of sugar was season 2019-20 was around 61.61 lac
produced until 31st May 2020 as against tonnes compared to 107.08 lac tonnes
330 lac tones produced in the previous produced during the same period in the
season. The production decline is largely previous season.
attributable to a drop in sugar cane
production across Maharashtra, Karnataka In Karnataka, 64 sugar mills produced
Uttar and other states. 33.55 lac tonnes of sugar compared to 38
Pradesh mills In Uttar Pradesh, 119 sugar mills were in lac tonnes of sugar in the previous year.
commenced operation, producing 126.4 lac tones of
crushing about sugar. Uttar Pradesh mills commenced
10-12 days
earlier than the India sugar Balance Sheet (in million tonnes)
previous year,
producing more Particulars SS2018-19 SS2019-20
than what they Opening balance (as on 1st October) 10.7 14.6
had produced Estimated sugar production 33.2 27.0
in the previous Imports 0.0 0.0
season Sugar availability 43.9 41.6

Estimated domestic consumption 25.5 25.0
Estimated exports 3.8 5.5
Closing balance (as on 30th September) 14.6 11.1

Exports

Sugar exports were permitted due to The Cabinet Committee on Economic
a bumper sugarcane production for Affairs approved a lumpsum export
two consecutive seasons – SS 2018 and subsidy of C10,448 per tonne of sugar to
SS 2019 – that resulted in ~10 million mills for sugar season (SS) 2020 or from
tonnes of sugar inventory being shipped. October 2019 to September 2020. The

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