India’s Oct-Jan sugar output up 4.6%

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Reuters: Indian sugar mills produced 14.3 million tons of the sweetener between 1 October and 31 January, about 4.6% higher than a year earlier as crushing started a few weeks in advance, a producers’ body said on Tuesday.

The country’s top producing western state of Maharashtra has produced 5.44 million tons during the period, while northern state of Uttar Pradesh has churned out 3.62 million tons.

The world’s biggest consumer is likely to produce 26 million tons of sugar in 2015/16, down from 28.3 million tons in the previous year.

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