Sugar production up 13% so far this year: ISMA

The country's sugar production has increased by 13 per cent at 24.63 million tonnes (mt) till April 15 of the 2011-12 marketing year, according to an industry body ISMA. Sugar production this year (October-September) has already crossed the last year's total output of 24.3 mt. Crushing is still on in major producing states, it said.