Mills in Uttar Pradesh are likely to delay crushing operations for 2017-18 (Oct-Sep) season to the last week of October due to poor sugar recovery from cane. Immediate start of sugarcane crushing seems bleak. It is highly unlikely as the sugar recovery is very low currently. The average sugar recovery in west Uttar Pradesh is coming out to be only 7%. The average sugar recovery from cane in Uttar Pradesh was at 10.61% in 2016-17.