News of Ukraine

As of September 15, more than 617,000 tonnes of sugar beets were harvested in Ukraine. It is reported by press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Sugar beets were harvested from the area of 14.1 thousand hectares, 617.1 thousand tonnes of sweet...

«Astarta» started new sugar production season. On September 12, the first sugar plant in Vinnytsia region started processing sugar beet, to be followed by the plant in Poltava region and three others during end of September – beginning of October. In total, five sugar plants will operate during this production season. It is reported by press-center of the company. «The teams and plants are fully prepared for processing. In addition to capital repairs, we are implementing several investment projects to impr...

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.