As many as 189 sugar mills in Maharashtra have participated in the ongoing crushing season. According to the state sugar commissionerate, the mills till December 27, 2021, produced 423.34 lakh quintal sugar by crushing 439.97 lakh tonne sugarcane with a recovery rate of 9.62 per cent.
Solapur division is leading in the state with maximum (44) sugar mills participating in the cane crushing operations. These mills have produced 91.94 lakh quintal sugar by crushing 105.54 lakh tonne sugarcane with a recovery rate of 8.71 per cent.
Kolhapur division has achieved a 10 per cent recovery rate during the ongoing crushing season. Sugar mills from the division have produced 117.03 lakh quintal sugar by crushing 107.08 lakh tonne sugarcane with a recovery rate of 10.93 per cent.
