«Astarta» sugar sales increased by 14%
In the third quarter of 2017, «Astarta» agro-industrial holding increased sugar sales by 14% — to 109.9 thousand tonnes, compared with the same period of 2016.
It was announced by the company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
As it was reported, that in marketing year 2016/2017 (MY, September-August) «Astarta» refineries increased sugar production by 42% — up to 505 thousand tonnes, compared with MY 2015/2016. In 2016, the company exported a record volume of sugar — more than 186 thousand tonnes.
In 2016 the net profit of the holding increased by 5,2 times — to 83 million euros, compared with 2015, consolidated revenue increased by 17% — to 360 million euros.
«Astarta–Kyiv» is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding specializing in sugar and agricultural production. It has proven to be a growing, transparent company, as well as a reliable partner and supplier. Agricultural business focuses primarily on the cultivation of sugar beet, grains and oilseeds, the production of sugar and related products (molasses and granulated beet pulp). ASTARTA also has 8 sugar refineries, capacities for soybean processing (soybean processing plant) and biogas production (bio-energy project).