Sugar output in Bihar is likely to increase to 550,000 tonne in the new season that starts October, marginally higher than this year’s 525,000 tonne. Floods in many parts of the state have hit output expectations for the upcoming season. Initially, the sugar output was expected at a record high of 625,000 tonne, as the cane acreage was very good, and farmers in most parts of the state had switched to high yielding cane varieties.