News

Sugar production in Brazil's center-south totaled 3.26 million tonnes in the second half of August, down 6% year-on-year, as mills allocated less sugarcane to sugar production than expected, industrygroup UNICA said on Thursday. It is reported by xm.com. Sugarcane crushing fell 3.25% in the period to 45.07 million tonnes (see tables below). Sugar output was in line with market expectations, while crushing came in slig...

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...

The prices of benchmark raw sugar in New York are likely to stay firm and could gain ground, based on a global lack of the sweetener, according to a note published by Bank of America Global Research on Monday, reported Reuters. As per media report, analysts at the bank said the sugarcane crushing in Brazil, the world’s largest sugar producer and exporter, is falling short of expectations because of dry weather conditio...

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...

The government of India on Tuesday notified exports of 8,606 tonnes of raw cane sugar under the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) scheme to the US for the October 2024 - September 2025 period. It is reported by Business Standard. Shipments under the TRQ enjoy relatively lesser customs duties. After the quota is reached, a higher tariff applies to additional imports. «The quantit...

Thailand’s domestic sugar supply is sufficient to meet demand in the industrial and household sectors this year, with total consumption at 1.27 million tonnes in the first half, according to the country’s Office of the Cane and Sugar Board (OCSB). It is reported by theinvestor.vn. Virit Viseshindh, secretary-general of the OCSB said that sugar cane output is declining in Thailand and other countries because of drought, but officials are...

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...

Germany's refined sugar production from beets in the new 2024/25 season is forecast to rise to about 4.77 million tonnes, up about 13% from last season's 4.22 million tonnes, the WVZ sugar association said on Monday in its first harvest forecast. It is reported by Reuters. The country's farmers increased plantings to 385,000 hectares of sugar beet for the new crop, up 5.7% from last season, the association said. Farmers elsewhere in...

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...