State-wise sugar quota for sale during the first fortnight of November 2026
The Food Ministry allocated 13 lakh tonnes of sugar for November 1–15, 2026, to 587 mills, with no quota for two refineries. Maharashtra received the largest share at 4.78 lakh tonnes, followed by Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. Mills must meet dispatch, reporting and dealer-registration requirements.
In a notification released on October 30, the Food Ministry allocated a fortnightly sugar quota of 13 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) for first fortnight of November 2026 to 587 sugar mills. Notably, the two refineries were not allotted any sugar quota this time.
The allocation will be effective from November 1 to November 15, 2026, according to the latest order.
For October 2026, the government had allocated a total sugar quota of 30 LMT, comprising 14 LMT for the first fortnight and 16 LMT for the second fortnight. In comparison, the government had allocated a monthly quota of 24 LMT for domestic sugar sales in October 2025.
In September 2026, the total allocation stood at 26.50 LMT, with 13 LMT allotted for the first fortnight and 13.50 LMT for the second.
This is the fifth fortnightly allocation which comes as the government continues to regulate sugar availability in the domestic market through periodic sales quotas.
The quota mechanism is aimed at ensuring adequate sugar availability and preventing sharp fluctuations in domestic prices. Market conditions and demand will remain key factors in determining sugar prices during September.
According to the order, Maharashtra received the largest share at 4,77,707 tonnes, followed by Uttar Pradesh at 4,17,290 tonnes and Karnataka at 2,63,439 tonnes. Tamil Nadu was allotted 35,526 tonnes, Gujarat 42,408 tonnes, Bihar 19,725 tonnes, Punjab 4,309 tonnes, Haryana 9,559 tonnes, Madhya Pradesh 6,591 tonnes and Uttarakhand 13,967 tonnes.
Among the smaller producing states, Andhra Pradesh was allotted 2,503 tonnes, Telangana 4,801 tonnes, Odisha 430 tonnes, Rajasthan 109 tonnes and Chhattisgarh 1,634 tonnes.
The order also allows mills that begin crushing in October 2026 to sell the sugar they produce during that month in October and November 2026.
Sugar sold must be dispatched from the mill within seven days, and the date of sale will be counted as the date on which the mill generates the sale invoice.
Mills have been asked to submit complete sale details for the period up to November 15 by November 18, 2026, through their registered email IDs. The order warned that mills failing to comply may not be given any release for December 2026.
The department has also directed mills to ensure that their dealers register on the DFPD portal and declare their sugar stock every Friday. It reiterated that no mill may sell sugar to an unregistered dealer, and mills must certify this through an undertaking when filing the P-II form. Login credentials for verifying dealer registration were shared with mills through a letter dated August 27, 2026.
Mills must file the monthly P-II return for October 2026, covering both fortnights, through the application programming interface (API) by November 7, 2026, and the mill-wise quota for October 2026 is being uploaded on the department’s website for reference. Closing stock declared as on September 30, 2026, will be checked during physical stock verification, and any mismatch will be treated as a violation of the Sugar (Control) Order, 2025, read with the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
Group companies with more than one sugar unit may maintain stock either unit-wise or for the group as a whole, the order said. Mills must also comply with the mandatory packaging of 20 per cent of sugar in jute bags under the Jute Packaging Material (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, 1987, and report it in the P-II proforma on the National Single Window System (NSWS) portal, with the department cautioning that any non-compliance will be dealt with under the Essential Commodities Act.
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Source : ChiniMandi
