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According to the results of the 23/24 marketing year (September 2023-August 2024), Ukraine exported 691.8 thousand tonnes of sugar, of which 77% came to EU countries, 23% — to the global market. The main importers of Ukrainian sugar among the EU countries are Italy, whose share in Ukrainian sugar export to the EU reached 19%, Bulgaria (18%) and Hungary (14%). The main export destinations o...

In 2024, Lviv region increased the sugar beet area by 9% — up to 16.1 thousand hectares, compared to last year. It is reported by press service of Lviv Regional Military Administration. Sugar beet cultivation is concentrated in Zolochiv, Lviv, Stryi and Chervonograd districts, «Zahidny Bug» LLC i...

As of September 13, agricultural formations of Khmelnytsk region began sugar beet harvesting campaign. It is reported by Department of Development of Agri-Industrial Complex and Land Relations of the Khmelnytsk Regional State Administration. Currently, the average yield amounts to 475 t/ha, whi...

2024/2025 sugar-refining season is gaining momentum in Ukraine. As of September 12, sugar beets are harvested from the area of ​​16.2 thousand hectares. Currently, the average yield amounts to 46 t/ha. 14 sugar factories in 8 regions of Ukraine have already sta...

Sugar-refining season has started in Ternopil region. As of September 10, farmers harvested one thousand hectares of sugar beets. In total, 26,000 ha were allocated for this culture in the region this year. Volodymyr Stakhiv, director of the regional department of agri-industrial development, told about this during the briefing, Suspilne Ternopil reported. «This year, farmers increased the sugar...

Sweet harvesting is gaining momentum in Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, agrarians of six regions — Vinnytsia, Volyn, Lviv, Poltava, Ternopil and Bukovyna — have begun sugar beet harvesting...

These days, sugar beet harvesting has been started in the fields leased by «AGRO-ORMS» LLC. This is reported on the company's Facebook page. In 2024 season, farmers grew about 1,500 hectares of sweet roots. «The culture, from high-quality seed material, was planted accor...

On August 20 the Company started sugar beet harvesting. And on August 24 the 25th sugar production season in Astarta’s history began. In total, five sugar plants will operate during this production season. It is reported by press-center of the company. Revenues grew by 48% y-o-y to EUR128m amid surge in sugar sales volumes. Sugar exports accounted for 58% of the segment’s revenues vs 27% in 1H2...

Ukraine started 2024/2025 MY sugar production season. As of August 30, 2024, 3 factories in Vinnytsia, Ternopil, and Lviv regions began sugar beet processing. In general, expectations regarding the mass early start of sugar-refining season did not come t...

«Ukrprominvest-Agro» has already contracted 123 thousand tonnes of sugar for export to the global market, outside the European Union, General Director Roman Ogorodov said at a meeting with farmers as part of the partner program «Sugar beet — the choice of the smart ones», writes Latifundist.com. This practice is also used by other sugar producers, in particular «Astarta» and «Radekhivskyi Sugar», he said. Roman Ogorodov noted that the company expects a reductio...