The Nationwide Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF) has mentioned that India’s sugar manufacturing elevated by 7.70% to 27.39 million tonnes as on April 15, 2026 within the 2025-26 season, in comparison with 25.43 million tonnes within the year-ago season, primarily because of increased output in Maharashtra and Karnataka. The sugar season runs from October to September.
In keeping with NFCSF, output in Maharashtra rose 23% to 9.92 million tonne as on April 15, as towards 8.06 million tonne a 12 months in the past. The output in Karnataka additionally rose 16.70% to 4.71 million tonne from 4.04 million tonne. Nonetheless, the manufacturing in Uttar Pradesh declined about 2% to eight.92 million tonne year-on-year.
The typical sugar restoration was increased at 9.55% until April 15 of this season as towards 9.37% a 12 months in the past. The sugar output up to now has surpassed complete 26.2 million tonne achieved in 2024-25 season. Out of 541 mills that operated, the crushing operation was on in 21 mills, whereas the remainder had been closed.
