Sugar is made from sugarcane, and was discovered thousands of years ago in New Guinea. And then the route was traced to India and Southeast Asia. India was the first to begin with the production of sugar following the process of pressing sugarcane to extract juice and boil it to get crystals.
Sugar consumption rate is highest in India as shown in the statistics received from USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.
India has been known as the original home of sugar and sugarcane. Indian mythology supports the above fact as it contains legends showing the origin of sugarcane. India is the second largest producer of sugarcane next to Brazil. Presently, about 4 million hectares of land is under sugarcane with an average yield of 70 tonnes per hectare.
In an era where there is a need for inclusive growth, the sugar industry is amongst the few industries that have successfully contributed to the rural economy. It has done so by commercially utilizing the rural resources to meet the large domestic demand for sugar and by generating surplus energy to meet the increasing energy needs of India. Prospects of growth in the Indian economy, and a growing population (about 1.8 percent per annum) would support growth in sugar consumption. Bulk consumers such as soft drink manufacturers, bakeries, confectionary, hotel and restaurant consumers account for 60 percent of milled sugar demand.
Manufacturing Process followed by the Sugar Industry:
1. Extracting juice by pressing sugarcane
2. Boiling the juice to obtain crystals
3. Creating raw sugar by spinning crystals in extractors
4. Taking raw sugar to a refinery for the process of filtering and washing to discard remaining non-sugar elements and hue
5. Crystallizing and drying sugar
6. Packaging the ready sugar
Demand : Past & Future
Year mn MT
2000-01 17.18
2001-02 17.88
2002-03 19.88
2003-04 17.50
2004-05 18.50
2005-06 19.65
2006-07 22.70
2007-08 23.80
2008-09 24.95
2009-10 26.00
2010-11 27.20
2011-12 28.30
2012-13 29.45
2013-14 30.50
2014-15 31.70
2019-20 37.65
Market Segmentation
Company Share (%)
North 33
East 15
West 32
South 20
Market Growth Rates
1990-91-1996-97 4.6%
1996-97-2001-02 4.6%
2001-02-2006-07 4.9%
2006-07-2011-12 4.5%
2011-12-2019-20 3.6%
Sensitivity Coefficient 9.4%
Major Producers
Bannari Amnan Sugars
Shree Ambika Sugars
DCM Shriram Ind.
Andhra Sugars
Chammudeswari
Dharani Sugars
Eastern Sugar
Ponni Sugars
Pratappur Sugar
Prudential Mouli Sugar
Triveni Engg.
Balrampur Chini
EID Parry (India)
Bajaj Hindustan
Dhampur Sugar
Saraswati Sugar Mills
Mrwena Sugars
Simbhaoli Sugar
Oudh Sugar
Rana Sugars
Riga Sugar
Sakthi Sugar
Saraswati Industrial
Upper Ganges
Venus Sugar
Shree Renuka Sugar