date:Aug 02, 2013
Sugar manufacturers have so far processed 19 million tons of sugarcane to yield 1.53 million tons of sugar, an increase of 2.2 tons over the previous crop, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
In 2011 and 2012, about 298,200 hectares of sugarcane was cultivated nationwide, 15,000 hectares more than the previous crop, with yield of 63.9 tons per hectare.
By July 2013, sugar inventory increased to nearly 426,000 tons, about 187,000 tons more than in the same period las