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    Indian Sugar Industry Introduction

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    Sugar production originated in India and China in the 4th century AD using sugarcane, but other countries developed sugar beet production. Now India is a dominant global sugar producer along with Brazil. India's sugar industry is highly fragmented between organized large mills and small unorganized gur/khandari producers. Major sugarcane and sugar is produced in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab and Gujarat. Cooperative mills own the largest share of production capacity concentrated in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, while private mills are most common in Southern India.

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    Sugar production originated in India and China in the 4th century AD using sugarcane, but other countries developed sugar beet production. Now India is a dominant global sugar producer along with Brazil. India's sugar industry is highly fragmented between organized large mills and small unorganized gur/khandari producers. Major sugarcane and sugar is produced in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab and Gujarat. Cooperative mills own the largest share of production capacity concentrated in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, while private mills are most common in Southern India.

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    Sugar production originated in India and China in the 4th century AD using sugarcane, but other countries developed sugar beet production. Now India is a dominant global sugar producer along with Brazil. India's sugar industry is highly fragmented between organized large mills and small unorganized gur/khandari producers. Major sugarcane and sugar is produced in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab and Gujarat. Cooperative mills own the largest share of production capacity concentrated in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, while private mills are most common in Southern India.

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    Indian Sugar Industry Introduction

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    Sugar is one of the oldest commodities in the world and traces its origin in 4th

    century AD in India and China. In those days sugar was manufactured only from
    sugarcane. But both countries lost their initiatives to the European, American and
    Oceanic countries, as the eighteenth century witnessed the development of new
    technology to manufacture sugar from sugar beet. However, India is presently a
    dominant player in the global sugar industry along with Brazil in terms of production.
    Given the growing sugar production and the structural changes witnessed in Indian

    sugar industry, India is all set continue its domination at the global level. Indian
    sugar industry is highly fragmented with organized and unorganized players. The
    unorganized players mainly produce Gur and Khandari, the less refined forms of sugar.
    The government had a controlling grip over the industry, which has slowly yet steadily
    given way to liberalization.

    The production sugarcane is cyclical in nature. Hence the sugar production is


    also cyclical as it depends on the sugarcane production in the country. As the industry is
    a fragmented one, even leading players do not control more than 4 percent market in
    India. However, the situation is changing and players off late are striving to increase
    their market share either by acquiring smaller mills or by going for green field capacity
    additions.

    Indian sugar industry can be broadly classified in to two sub sectors, the
    organized sector i.e. sugar factories and the unorganized sector i.e. manufacturers of
    traditional sweeteners like gur and khandsari. The latter is considered to be a rural
    industry and enjoys much greater freedom than sugar mills.

    The production of traditional sweeteners gur and khandsari is quite substantial.


    Though the trends indicate a progressive shift from traditional sweeteners to white
    sugar over the years, they still account for about 37% of total sweetener consumption in
    India.
    Since the sugar industry in the country uses only sugarcane as an in input, sugar
    companies have been established in large cane growing states like Uttar Pradesh,
    Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab and Gujarat. Uttar Pradesh leads the tally
    by contributing 24% of the countries total sugar production and Maharashtra stands
    next with 20% contribution.

    The farmers co-operatives own and operate the largest chunk of the industry's
    total capacity. They are concentrated primarily in Maharashtra and eastern Uttar
    Pradesh. The largest number of sugar companies in the private sector are located in
    southern India, in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

    Out of 453 sugar mills in the country, 252 are in the co-operative sector, 134 are
    in the private sector and 67 are in the public sector. Besides 136 units in the private
    sector are in various stages of implementation. A Few such units are under
    implementation in the co-operative sector as well. But no new units have been proposed
    in the public sector.

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