«Astarta» reduced sugar sales by 12%
During 9 months of 2019, «Astarta-Kyiv» agri-industrial holding reduced sugar sales by 12% — to 239,88 thousand tonnes, compared to the same period of 2018.
It is reported on the website of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In the third quarter of 2019, sugar sales decreased by 2% — to 86,53 thousand tonnes, compared with the same period of the previous year.
As of the date of the report, «Astarta» harvested 59% of the total sugar beet area.
«Astarta» combines 5 regional subdivisions: «Poltavazernoprodukt» LLC, «Dovzhenko Agrofirm» LLC, «Dobrobut» LLC (all — in Poltava region), «Khmelnytske» LLC (Vinnytsia region) and «Volochysk-Agro» (Khmelnytsk region).
Sugar production is the main activity of the holding, as well as grain and oilseeds cultivation and marketing, meat and milk production.