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Sugaronline South Asia Sugar & Ethanol Report – 15th December 2025

By Ritesh Kumar Singh

15th December 2025

Increased production and relatively lower ethanol diversion are likely to induce the Indian sugar industry to offload its surplus output in global markets at a time when global sugar prices are moderating.

India’s sugar output rose 43% year-on-year to 4.11 million tonnes in the first two months of the current crushing season which started on October 1. This surge was driven mainly by a three-fold increase in Maharashtra’s production to 1.7 million tonnes, despite devastating floods that many feared would cap cane yields and sugar recovery. During

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