{"id":1245,"date":"2024-01-29T14:04:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T14:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/?page_id=1245"},"modified":"2024-01-29T19:04:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:04:30","slug":"%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%80","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%80\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0940"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sugar trade body\u2019s first estimate pegs output 4% lower for 2023-24 season<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) Chairman Praful Vithalani, the first estimate has been made taking into account the quantum of sugarcane crushed and yield and recovery rates achieved so far; the remaining standing crop and the diversions of sucrose allowed for production of ethanol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sugar trade body AISTA on Monday projected the country\u2019s sugar production to be around 31.6 million tonnes for the 2023-24 season (October-September), about four per cent lower than the previous season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The estimated net domestic sugar production excludes diversion of sucrose of about 2 million tonnes for ethanol production, it said releasing the first production estimates.&nbsp;With estimated sugar production of 31.6 million tonnes and opening stock of 5.7 million tonnes, the availability of sugar in the country is likely to be 37.3 million tonnes, which is higher than the estimated domestic consumption of 29 million tonnes, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closing stock of sugar would be around 8.2 million tonnes in the 2023-24 season.\u00a0In the previous 2022-23 season, sugar production was 32.9 million tonnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sugarcane-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sugarcane-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sugarcane-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sugarcane-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sugarcane-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sugarcane-1280x720.png 1280w, https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sugarcane.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) Chairman Praful Vithalani, the first estimate has been made taking into account the quantum of sugarcane crushed and yield and recovery rates achieved so far; the remaining standing crop and the diversions of sucrose allowed for production of ethanol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sugar production in Uttar Pradesh is pegged higher at 11.7 million tonnes for 2023-24 season, it was lower at 9.6 million tonnes in Maharashtra and 4.7 million tonnes in Karnataka for the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sugar production in Uttar Pradesh \u2014 the country\u2019s second largest producing state \u2014 is estimated higher than 10.7 million tonnes achieved last season.\u00a0AISTA said the diversion of cane to Gur and Khandsari units in Uttar Pradesh is more than the last season, as they are giving higher cane prices to farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"948\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sugar-industry-sops_660_071414045851.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sugar-industry-sops_660_071414045851.jpg 948w, https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sugar-industry-sops_660_071414045851-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sugar-industry-sops_660_071414045851-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sugar trade body\u2019s first estimate pegs output 4% lower for 2023-24 season According to the All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) Chairman Praful Vithalani, the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1287,"href":"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245\/revisions\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibrantick.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}