Maharashtra cane crushing picks up pace, sugar output reaches 77.07 lakh quintals
Maharashtra’s 2026-27 sugar season gained momentum, with 124 mills crushing 97.46 lakh tonnes of cane and producing 77.07 lakh quintals of sugar by November 1. Statewide recovery reached 7.91%, compared with 1.46% last season, while Kolhapur division recorded the highest recovery at 9.03%.
Sugar mills in Maharashtra had crushed 97.46 lakh tonnes of sugarcane and produced 77.07 lakh quintals of sugar by November 1, 2026, far ahead of last season’s pace, according to the latest crushing report for the 2026-27 season.
The report shows that 124 mills, 60 cooperative and 64 private, have started operations so far, more than twice the 53 that were running at the same point last season. Those 53 mills had crushed just 2.95 lakh tonnes of cane and produced 0.43 lakh quintals of sugar.
Sugar recovery, the share of sugar extracted from cane, has also improved sharply. The state average stands at 7.91 per cent, compared with 1.46 per cent a year earlier, the data showed.
Pune division has emerged as the biggest contributor so far. Its 22 mills have crushed 27.08 lakh tonnes of cane and produced 23.6 lakh quintals of sugar, at a recovery of 8.71 per cent.
Solapur division, which has the most mills in operation at 27, follows with 17.81 lakh tonnes of cane crushed and 13.12 lakh quintals of sugar produced. Ahilyanagar division’s 20 mills have crushed 16.61 lakh tonnes and produced 13.05 lakh quintals.
Kolhapur division, where 13 mills are operating, has recorded the highest recovery in the state at 9.03 per cent. Mills there have crushed 9.7 lakh tonnes of cane and produced 8.76 lakh quintals of sugar. The report also shows one mill in the division as having closed for the season.
In the Marathwada region, Nanded division’s 26 mills have crushed 13.06 lakh tonnes of cane and produced 9.12 lakh quintals of sugar. Its recovery of 6.98 per cent is the lowest among the divisions. Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division’s 14 mills have crushed 11.89 lakh tonnes and produced 8.47 lakh quintals at a recovery of 7.12 per cent.
In Vidarbha, two private mills in Amravati division have crushed 1.31 lakh tonnes of cane so far, while no mill has started crushing in Nagpur division.
Daily crushing has also picked up. On the reporting day alone, mills across the state crushed 4.57 lakh tonnes of cane and produced 4.09 lakh quintals of sugar, at a recovery of 8.95 per cent, according to the report.
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Source : ChiniMandi
