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With falling sugar prices in the world market, Pakistan government is considering floating an international tender for import of 50,000 tonnes of the sweetener to maintain its price within the official retail rate. It is reported by Dawn. Last week, the federal cabinet reversed a decision of the Economic Coordination Committee to allow the import of 0.5 million tonnes of white sugar from India via land route....

The southern districts of Volyn region began spring sowing of sugar beets. It is announced by the head of Department of agro-industrial development of the regional state administration Yuriy Gorbenko, Suspilne.media informs. In total, the region will sow (approximate...

«Astarta»’s farming units started the new spring planting season. It is reported by press center of the company. The Company’s main crops are sugar beet (33,5kha), corn (59,9kha), soybeans (31,2kha), wheat (46,5kha), sunflower (28,1kha) and winter rapeseeds...

Pakistan lifted a nearly two-year ban on sugar imports from arch-rival India on Wednesday, the finance minister said, a step towards reviving suspended trade between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. It is reported by Reuters. Pakistan’s Economic Coordination Council (ECC), a top decision-making body, allowed the private sector to import 0.5 million tonnes of white sugar as Islamabad trie...

Cargill said on Tuesday it is leaving the global sugar trading business after agreeing to sell its 50% stake in the joint venture Alvean, the world’s largest sugar trader, to Brazil’s Copersucar. It is reported by Reuters. Copersucar and Cargill said they reached an agreement to end their partnership at Alvean, with the Brazilian company becoming the sole shareholder of the company, which m...

Platts Analytics estimates Thai sugar production for the 2020-21 marketing season at 7,55 million tonnes, down 9% year on year. It is reported by S&P Global Platts. Thailand is expected to complete sugar cane crush operations for the October 2020-September 2021 marketing season by March 31, with industry sources expecti...

Processing is being completed earlier this year because 2020 sugar beet production fell short of the target, said David Braseth, American Crystal Sugar Co. vice president of operations.  It is reported by parkrapidsenterprise. American Crystal Sugar Co. expects to finish processing its 2020 sugar beets by mid-April, nearly a month earlier than it typically wraps up i...

British Sugar is investigating gene-edited beet seed as a long-term solution to virus yellows disease, which devastated crops across eastern England during the 2020-21 season. It is reported by geneticliteracyproject. If government ministers give the green light, British farmers could be growing sugar beet crops gene edited to be resistant to virus yellows in three...

U.S. Sugar has reached an agreement to buy the business and assets of its local rival Imperial Sugar from commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Company, the companies said in statements on Wednesday. It is reported by Reuters. Imperial Sugar operates a refinery at Port Wentworth in Savannah, Georgia, and a sugar transfer and liquification facility in Ludlow, Kentucky. It was bought by Louis Dre...

«Starokostiantynivtsukor» LLC systematically modernizes and renews production in accordance with the highest standards of the sugar industry in order to ensure the maximum quality of sweet products. It is reported by the company on its Facebook page. This year is high time to put the sugar end in order, where the direct cooking and grouting of sugar from syrup 1 and 2-3 products take...