Sugar prices rise over ₹4 per kg in a month amid tight supplies

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Retail averages ₹59.50 per kg; government eases stock limits and advances crushing as 2025-26 output falls short

By PTI

Updated - November 04, 2026 at 02:58 PM. | New Delhi

Sugar prices have risen by more than ₹4 per kg over the last month in both retail and wholesale markets, even as the government moves to ease tight supplies during the festival season.

Average daily retail and wholesale prices stood at ₹59.50 per kg and ₹55.40 per kg, respectively, according to consumer affairs ministry data.

On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, prices are up ₹12-13 per kg. A year ago, retail sugar was at ₹46.50 per kg and wholesale at ₹43.23 per kg.

Kolkata recorded the highest retail price among the metros at ₹65 per kg on November 3, against ₹50 a year earlier. Delhi followed at ₹64 per kg (₹46 a year ago), while Mumbai logged ₹61 per kg (₹45).

Prices remain elevated mainly because 2025-26 production fell short of earlier estimates. Festive demand, crop damage, tighter global supplies and hoarding have added to the pressure.

The government has responded with stock limits, imports, closer monitoring and an earlier start to crushing.

India produced 8.45 lakh tonnes of sugar in the first month of the 2026-27 season (October-September), the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd (NFCSF) said on Monday.

The crushing season began on October 8, and 152 mills had produced the sugar till October 30, adding to domestic supplies during the ongoing festive period.

Published on November 4, 2026

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