The largest deliveries were made to Azerbaijan — 38%, Sudan — 16%, Tajikistan — 13%, Turkey and Sri Lanka — 8% and 7%, respectively.

According to the head of the analytical department of «Ukrsugar», Ruslana Butylo, the current marketing year started not as actively as last year due to unfavorable market conditions: «In the same period of last marketing year 39,9 thousand tonnes of sugar were exported. This year, this figure is more than twice less due to several factors. First of all, this is the start of sugar season, which began two weeks later due to unfavorable weather conditions in spring and summer. Another reason is unfavorable situation on the international market».

According to the Association's estimates, in MY 2017/2018, sugar export will amount to about 500 thousand tonnes, while production will remain at the level of last year — about 2 million tonnes.

According to the results of MY 2016/2017 Ukraine exported record 767,3 thousand tonnes of sugar, Sri Lanka became the largest importer of Ukrainian sugar.

The current sugar season began on August ,30. As of October 5, 39 sugar refineries operate and 369,7 thousand tonnes of sugar are produced.