date:Dec 20, 2018
produced 29 lakh tonne of sugar till December 15, 2018. In SS 2017-18, there were 176 sugar mills in operation as on December 15, 2017, and they produced 25.70 lakh tonne. The average sugar recovery achieved so far is 10.18 per cent as compared to 10.10 per cent last year on the same date.
In Uttar Pradesh, till December 15, 2018, 116 mills produced 18.94 lakh tonne of sugar lower than last year, when the same number of sugar mills had together produced 23.37 lakh tonne on the corresponding per