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Bajaj Hindusthan, the country’s largest sugar company, has reported a net loss of Rs 44.43 crore for the quarter ended December 31, mainly due to poor sales and higher interest outgo.
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 57.86 crore in the year-ago period. It follows October-September as its fiscal year, in line with the sugar marketing year.
Total income fell 58 per cent to Rs 617.80 crore during the first quarter of 2011-12 against Rs 1,483.01 crore in Q1 last fiscal, Bajaj said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Net sales dipped to Rs 556.62 crore from Rs 1,475.66 crore.
The sugar segment made a significant loss of Rs 84.55 crore in the quarter against a profit of Rs 118.88 crore in the corresponding period last year.
Besides, the company paid Rs 113.11 crore as interest in the quarter against Rs 106.99 crore in the year-ago period.
Bajaj has 14 sugar plants in Uttar Pradesh with a cane crushing capacity of 1.36 lakh TCD (tonnes crushed per day).
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