REVIEW OF PRODUCTION OF WHITE SUGAR FROM IMPORTED RAW SUGAR IN MAHARASHTRA

摘要

There was a shortage of sugarcane during the years 2003 to 2005 in some parts of our country such as Maharashtra, Kamataka, Tamilnadu etc., which has resulted into drastic fall in production of sugar upto 125 Lakh MT in last season. In order to utilise the optimum capacity of the sugar factories and to reduce the overhead charges, the possibility of importing raw sugar and processing it to produce white sugar or refined sugar was tried in season 2004-05. This alternative of supplementary raw material has been tried by many sugar mills in India with Independent and Combined processing of raw sugar with Sugarcane. This article deals with all such details of techno commercial aspects of imported raw sugar business with reference to Maharashtra.