News of Ukraine

These days,  sugar beet harvesting started on the beet fields of «Agro-Orms» LLC. It is reported on the company's Facebook-page. «This season we have to harvest almost two thousand hectares of sweet roots», — says Oleg Frankov, the chief agronomist of...

Agrarians of «Agroprodservice» company were among the first in Ternopil region to start sugar beet harvesting. The field work started on the lands of «Rosohuvatets» branch in Kupchynetsk territorial community, hospodar.ua reported. Ivan Karachka, the director of «Agroprodser...

The 2023/2024 MY sugar-refining season began in Ternopil region. It is reported by hospodar.ua. The sugar production season in Ternopil region began at Zbarazh Sugar Factory of «Radehivskyi Sugar» LLC. The head of the company's raw materials depa...

«Astarta» started harvesting sugar beet. The farmers of its agricultural subsidiaries in the Vinnytsia region were the first to commence operations on 8 September, with farmers in the Poltava region to follow from 14 September. It is reported by press-center of the company. The total area under the crop is 39kha. According to preliminary estimates by management, this year’s sugar beet yield and quality is expecte...

As of September 8, the first 116,000 tonnes of sugar beets were harvested in Ukraine. It is reported by press-center of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Sugar beets were harvested from the area of 2.6 thousand hectares, 116 thousand tonnes of sweet roots wer...

The Acting Chairman of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine «Ukrsugar» Nazar Mykhailovin told «Interfax-Ukraine» how 2023 spring forecasts regarding the sugar beet sown area, the readiness of sugar factories for the sugar production season and sugar export potential came true. Forecasts in the current year not only came true, but also exceeded expectations. If on the eve of the sowing campaign we expected 239,000 ha of sugar beet sowing area, now, according to the Ministry...

Astarta's sugar production segment showed a robust performance in 1H23, with revenues boosted by 39% y-o-y to EUR86m. More robust results reflected 25% y-o-y higher sugar sales volumes of 120kt and a 13% y-o-y higher selling price of EUR693/t It is reported by the company in its report. Exports of sugar and sugar-by products contributed 26% of segment revenues in 1H23 vs. 5% in 1H22. The Ukrainian government suspended white sugar exp...

Ukraine began new 2023/2024 season of harvesting and processing sugar beets. According to official data, two sugar factories started sugar beet processing. One of them is located in Vinnytsia region, and the other — in Cherkasy region.

Sugar production in Ukraine has been increased, but the government isolated domestic products from the European market. This opinion was expressed by Vyacheslav Chuk, the commercial director of «Astarta» agri-industrial holding, for «Ekonomichna Pravda». «This year, we plan to return be...

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has started consideration of the case of concentration in form of acquisition by «Radehivskyi Sugar» LLC of the assets of «Gnidava Sugar Refinery» private joint-stock company, which ensure the implementation of white (beet) sugar production. It is reported by press service of AMCU. The owner of «Radehivskyi Sugar» LLC is German company Pfeifer & Langen. It also owns four sugar factories in Ternopil region...