Increased sugar output could boost exports

India’s sugar production in the first two months of the 2025-26 season, which began on October 1, increased 43% from the same period a year earlier, driven by improved recovery rates and faster crushing across major producing states, according to the Indian Sugar & Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA). The higher output is expected to allow the world’s second-largest sugar producer to export surplus supplies without risk of domestic shortages, although it could weigh on global prices. Mills have produced 4.1 million metric tons of sugar by the end of November, up from last year’s 2.88 million tons. Production in the western state of Maharashtra, India’s biggest sugar-producing state, more than tripled from last year to 1.7 million tons, while it rose by 9% in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh to 1.4 million tons, ISMA said, as per a report.

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