date:Feb 10, 2014
oducer Uttar Pradesh excessive rains hurt the crop.
Based on higher area we were expecting 7.7 million tonnes production, but considering yields I think Uttar Pradesh can produce 7 to 7.2 million tonnes, said a senior official with a sugar company that has mills in northern Uttar Pradesh state.
In Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra a small amount of cane also got diverted for production of jaggery, a coarse traditional sweetener, due to a delay in the start of cane crushing.
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