News of Ukraine

In January-April 2018, Ukrainian sugar confectionery production totaled 22 thousand tonnes (-3,1% compared to the same period of 2017). It is reported by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. According to the data, in April 5,5 thousand tonnes of sugar confectionery products were produced (-10,8% compared with&nbs...

Aviva Investors Poland SA, acting on behalf of Aviva Investors Specjalistyczny Fundusz Inwestycyiny Otwarty, hereby informs that due to the sales transaction of the shares of Astarta Holding N.V. that took place on 14 May 2018 the total number of Company's shares owned by the Aviva Investors Specjalistyczny Fundusz Inwestycyjny Otwarty has decreased. It is reported by the Company on Warsaw Stock Exchange. So the total number of votes in the Company held by Aviva Investors Specjalistyczny Fundusz Inwestycyjny Otwarty has been reduced below...

On May 6, «Poltavazernoprodukt» IIC LLC production unit successfully completed sowing campaign. It is reported by the press-service of the company. This year more than 20 thousand hectares have been planted with the main crops. Agrarians of the company have sowed 6,2 thousand hectares of...

This year spring has turned out to be late, but friendly with high temperatures and a significant lack of moisture, so sugar beet have sprouted only by 40% and only the last rains are able to improve the situation. But Gnidava sugar refinery still expects high yields from its farmers. It is reported by the press service of the company. «After the completion of the sowing campaign we will carry out an inspection of the farms and determine the real amount of sown areas. At p...

As of May 16, sugar beet harvesting in Ukraine was conducted on 280 thousand hectares or 94% of the planned areas. It is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. In order to carry out a complex of spring field operations in 2018, 995 thousand tonnes of nutrients of m...

For more than a decade, the products of Gnidava sugar refinery have been recognizing both at the national and international level. The press-service of the company reports. «Therefore, we produce the best sugar, because we do it with love. Since 2007, we produce high quality sugar that is competitive in the European mark...

The wastes from sugar factories have been actively used and processed at the leading European enterprises, the bioethanol plant, which successfully works in Lutsk (Ukraine), is their analogue. It is reported by the press service of the Gnidava Sugar Refinery. Today, at Gnidava Sugar Refinery, molasses exports are stopped and it successfully processes into bioethanol and mo...

As of May 11, Ukrainian farmers almost finished sugar beet sowing. It is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. The work was carried out on the area of 275 thousand hectares, or 92% of the forecast. The s...

For the first three months of 2018 «Astarta» sugar segment generated 39% of consolidated revenues with EUR 36 million. It is almost 48% lower y-o-y as prices declined and volumes lowered on reduced production in the 2017 season. It is reported by the press service of the company. In the 2017/2018 marketing year, the global sugar market switched to surplus on significant output expansion in India, the EU and other regions....

Recently, «Piatydny» LLC acquired the best in the world equipment by more than 12 million USD. It is reported by the press service of the Gnidava Sugar Refinery. In particular, three «John Deere» tractors with a capacity of 370 horsepower, self propelled with a sprayer width...