date:Dec 20, 2018
2017-18, as on December 15, 2017, 17 sugar mills were in operation and they produced 2.75 lakh tonne of sugar till that date.
In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, 18 sugar mills could start crushing till December 15, 2018, and they produced about 1.05 lakh tonne of sugar till that date. Last year, 20 sugar mills were in operation on December 15, 2017, and they produced 0.98 lakh tonne.
There are five sugar mills in operation in Tamil Nadu, and sugar production till December 15, 2018 was about 0.8