India's sugar output to drop by 19% this year

India's sugar output is expected to go down by almost 19 per cent this year, following anticipated poor crop yield in drought-affected states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. According to the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), the output for the 2016-17 season beginning from October would be 20.3 million tonnes, compared to 25.1 million tonnes the previous year. Incidentally, the ISMA had in January estimated the output to be 21.3 million tonnes. The ISMA said that in some areas of these states, the yield per hectare in February this year was 40-50 per cent lower than last year at the same time.

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