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Isma said opening stocks stood at 5 mt, while ethanol diversion is estimated at around 3.4 million tonnes for the current year

India's sugar production is expected to rise 18.58 per cent to 30.95 million tonnes in the 2025-26 marketing year that began in October, up from 26.1 million tonnes in the previous year, industry body ISMA said on Tuesday. The Indian Sugar & Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) said opening stocks stood at 5 million tonnes, while ethanol diversion is estimated at around 3.4 million tonnes for the current year. Total sugar availability, including opening stocks and higher production, would reach 35.95 million tonnes in 2025-26, exceeding domestic requirement of 28.5 million tonnes, ISMA said in its first advance estimate for the new marketing year. The higher output is expected on increased production in the top three sugar-producing states - Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, ISMA said. Maharashtra's production is pegged at 13 million tonnes, Uttar Pradesh at 10.32 million tonnes and Karnataka at 6.35 million tonnes for 2025-26. "With a comfortable sugar balance, ...

Higher exports from the world's second-largest sugar producer could pressure benchmark New York and London futures, which are hovering near five-year lows

Sugar industry has demanded a bigger share of ethanol supply contracts for the 2025-26 season, warning that inadequate allocation could trigger financial stress and delay payments to cane farmers, an industry body said on Wednesday. The Indian Sugar & Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) said sugar mills have been allocated just 289 crore litres of ethanol -- 28 per cent of the total requirement of 1,050 crore litres, while grain-based distilleries received 760 crore litres, or 72 per cent. The allocation falls short despite the sugar sector investing more than Rs 40,000 crore to build ethanol capacity exceeding 900 crore litres, ISMA said. "There has been some kind of a policy gap and planning gap as far as the OMCs (oil marketing companies) are concerned, which has led to the abnormality and disruption in allotment of ethanol for the sugar industry," ISMA Director General Deepak Ballani told reporters. The ethanol blending programme was launched to help the sugar industry

Both grain and sugarcane ethanol producers criticise OMCs' allocation for 2025-26, citing unfair distribution, capacity underuse, and potential negative impact on the sugar sector

Low-income households will lead growth in branded sugar demand by 2030, while institutional buyers continue to dominate India's sugar consumption trends

India's sugar output is expected at 34.90 million tonne in the 2025-26 season starting in October, the Indian Sugar and Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) said on Thursday. Overall, improved cane quality in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu is supporting a marginal rise in sugar output, ISMA said in a release. However, these gains are likely to be offset by small declines in flood-hit regions, keeping the national output estimates outlook broadly stable, it said. "Accordingly, ISMA has reaffirmed its projection of 349 lakh tonne of gross sugar production in 2025-26 SS, in line with its July 2025 estimate, signalling stability in output expectations despite regional variations," ISMA said while releasing a review on its preliminary estimates of sugar production in 2025-26 sugar season (October-September). The industry body will reassess crop conditions in October 2025 and release its first advance estimate in October/November 2025. ISMA had released its

India's sugar production is expected to rise 18 per cent to 34.90 million tonnes in the 2025-26 season starting in October, with a scope for exports of 2 million tonnes, the Indian Sugar and Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) said on Thursday. Sugar production is estimated at 26.10 million tonnes in the current 2024-25 season (October-September). "The sugar production is estimated to be higher at 34.90 million tonnes with upward bias and there is scope for export of 2 million tonnes in 2025-26 season," ISMA President Gautam Goel told reporters while releasing the first preliminary estimate. About 5 million tonnes of sugar can be diverted next season for ethanol production compared with 3.5 million tonnes in the current season, he said. The government has allowed exports of 1 million tonnes in the current season. Goel said the industry body will seek "timely" permission for 2 million tonne sugar exports, higher diversion for ethanol, an increase in the minimum selling pric

Industry body says allowing ethanol imports for fuel use will derail biofuel sector investments and affect timely payments to sugarcane farmers

The world's second-biggest sugar producer set the 1 million ton export allowance i9n January because the government and industry believed there was a surplus for overseas markets

Industry bodies have lowered output estimates for the current year to September 2025, raising some concerns over supplies

Isma had, in January, estimated net sugar production at 27.2 million tonnes after accounting for a diversion of 3.7 million tonnes towards ethanol

India's sugar production fell 12 per cent to 197 lakh tonnes till February 15 of the current marketing year ending September mainly due to lower output in Maharashtra and Karnataka, according to industry body ISMA data. Sugar marketing year runs from October to September. The data of sugar production is after diversion of sweetener for ethanol making. In a statement on Monday, Indian Sugar and Bio Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) said that sugar production till February 15th, 2025 in the current 2024-25 marketing year reached 197.03 lakh tonnes as against 224.15 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period of the preceding year. Among states, ISMA data showed that sugar production has fallen in Uttar Pradesh to 64.04 lakh tonnes from 67.77 lakh tonnes. In Maharashtra, the production has dipped to 68.22 lakh tonnes from 79.45 lakh tonnes, while the output in Karnataka fell to 35.80 lakh tonnes from 43.20 lakh tonnes during the period under review. As per ethanol supplies data up

The drop in consumption is largely due to absence of any big events like the 2024 General Elections which is believed to have pushed up sugar consumption in India

The production could fall to around 27 million metric tons from the last year's 32 million tons and below annual consumption of more than 29 million tons, said India head of a global trade house

ISMA has urged the government to permit sugar exports immediately, citing favourable global market conditions

ISMA has also called for reducing the GST on flex-fuel vehicles to 5 per cent and differential pricing on ethanol

India's gross sugar production is estimated to decline 2 per cent to 333 lakh tonnes in 2024-25 marketing year starting October, according to industry body ISMA. Indian Sugar Mills & Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) on Tuesday released the preliminary estimates of sugar production for 2024-25 marketing year (October-September). The estimate was released after comprehensive analysis of satellite imagery, field reports on expected yields, sugar recovery rates, drawal percentage, the impact of rainfall from previous and current years, water availability in reservoirs, and anticipated rainfall during the Southwest Monsoon 2024. In its forecast, the association has pegged the country's gross sugar production (without diversion for ethanol) at 333.10 lakh tonnes for 2024-25, from an estimated 339.95 lakh tonnes in the current 2023-24 marketing year. Net sugar production is estimated at 319.65 lakh tonnes for the current marketing year, taking into account 20.30 lakh tonnes ...

Sugar industry body ISMA has urged the government to allow 20 lakh tonnes of sugar exports in the current marketing year ending September as shipments of surplus sweetener would boost liquidity of millers enabling them to make cane payments to farmers on time. For the current 2023-24 marketing year (October- September), the government has not allowed sugar exports to boost domestic supply and control retail prices. In the preceding marketing year, sugar mills were allowed to export around 60 lakh tonnes of sugar. In a statement on Monday, Indian Sugar and Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) said that the production has reached about 314 lakh tonnes as of the end of April 2024. With additional output of 5-6 lakh tonnes expected from mills in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the final net sugar production is estimated to be close to 320 lakh tonnes in 2023-24 marketing year (October-September). The net sugar production stood at 328.2 lakh tonnes during the 2022-23 marketing year wi

The country's sugar production remained slightly lower at 31.09 million tonnes till April 15 of the ongoing 2023-24 season on lower output in Karnataka, according to industry body ISMA data released on Tuesday. Sugar production stood at 31.23 million tonnes in the same period of the 2022-23 season. India is a major sugar producing country in the world. Sugar season runs from October to September. Currently, there are curbs on sugar exports for an indefinite period. Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has revised the net sugar production estimate for 2023-24 season to 32 million tonnes. As per ISMA's latest data, sugar production in Maharashtra, the country's leading producing state of sweetener, remained higher at 10.92 million tonnes till April 15 of the current season, as against 10.59 million tonnes in the year-ago period. Similarly, production in Uttar Pradesh, the country's second largest sugar producing state, rose to 10.14 million tonnes from 9.67 million tonnes in the sa