Maharashtra sugar mills crush 156.37 lakh tonnes of cane, recovery at 8.33%
Maharashtra’s sugar mills crushed 156.37 lakh tonnes of sugarcane and produced 130.57 lakh quintals of sugar by November 8, with 140 mills operational. Average recovery stood at 8.33%. Kolhapur division recorded the highest recovery at 9.58%, while cooperative mills achieved 8.74%.
Sugar mills in Maharashtra crushed 156.37 lakh tonnes of sugarcane and produced 130.57 lakh quintals of sugar in the 2026-27 season up to November 8, 2026, with 140 mills in operation across the state, according to the daily crushing report of the state Sugar Commissionerate. Total 200 sugar mills have received crushing licenses including 99 cooperative and 101 private mills, according to the data released by Mahasugar.
The report put the state’s average sugar recovery so far at 8.33 per cent. Of the 140 operational mills, 68 are cooperative and 72 are privately owned.
Cooperative mills have crushed 78,20,168 tonnes of cane and produced 68,33,735 quintals of sugar, with an average recovery of 8.74 per cent. Private mills have crushed 74,99,143 tonnes and produced 59,22,525 quintals, with recovery lower at 7.9 per cent, the data showed.
On November 8 alone, mills crushed 4,45,028 tonnes of cane and produced 4,24,290 quintals of sugar, with a daily recovery of 9.53 per cent. The combined daily crushing capacity of the operational mills stands at 7,50,550 tonnes, the report noted.
Among the state’s revenue divisions, Pune division leads in cane crushing with 42,62,851 tonnes from 27 mills, producing 38,66,479 quintals of sugar at a recovery of 9.07 per cent. Solapur division, which has the highest number of working mills at 30, has crushed 29,41,024 tonnes and produced 22,64,645 quintals, with recovery at 7.7 per cent.
Ahilyanagar division has crushed 24,02,284 tonnes through 19 mills, with recovery at 8.12 per cent, while Nanded division’s 29 mills have crushed 21,28,132 tonnes at 7.56 per cent recovery. Kolhapur division, with 18 mills in operation, has crushed 17,78,584 tonnes and produced 17,03,961 quintals, recording the highest divisional recovery in the state at 9.58 per cent.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division has crushed 16,26,727 tonnes through 15 mills at a recovery of 7.52 per cent, and Amravati division’s two mills have crushed 1,79,710 tonnes at 7.69 per cent. No mill in Nagpur division had started crushing, according to the report.
At the district level, Pune has crushed the most cane at 26,38,596 tonnes, followed by Ahilyanagar at 22,60,309 tonnes and Solapur at 22,30,575 tonnes. In Kolhapur district, only three mills had begun operations, crushing 2,48,270 tonnes at a recovery of 9.69 per cent.
Among individual mills, Baramati Agro Ltd’s unit at Shetphalgadhe in Indapur taluka has crushed the most cane at 5,01,405 tonnes, while Shri Someshwar Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana in Baramati taluka has recorded the highest recovery at 10.91 per cent, the data showed. The earliest mills in the state began crushing on October 9, and more units are expected to join as the season progresses.
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Source : ChiniMandi
