The US Department of Agriculture's Overseas Agriculture Service said in a report that during the 2026-27 pressing season starting this month, India's sugar production is expected to be 29.5 million tons. This figure is lower than the US Department of Agriculture's previous official estimate of 33.6 million tons. “Major sugar cane production areas have experienced severe lack of rainfall and continuous droughts during the critical growth period, and crop growth has been hampered, causing both the weight of sugar cane harvested and the yield per hectare to drop.” In Maharashtra, the main production state, rainfall was disorderly, and water accumulation occurred in some farmland, further hampering production. Inventory at the end of the period is expected to fall to 4 million tons, lower than the previous official estimate of 6.5 million tons.

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