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In 2020, «Astarta» sugar segment increases revenue by almost 9%. It is reported by press center of the company. «Astarta»’s consolidated revenues amounted to EUR416m in 2020, of which half were contributed by exports.  Gross profit incr...

Successive cold snaps in the past week have destroyed between 30,000 and 50,000 hectares of French sugar beet, growers group CGB said on Monday, calling it the worst frost-related losses for the sector ever recorded. It is reported by Reuters. The estimate is higher than the 10,000-40,000 hectares of recently sown sugar beet that the CGB estimated last week would need replanting. Sugar beet plantings had alr...

A'SPIK Group started 2021 sugar beet sowing campaign. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. According to the company, in these wonderful spring days the foundation of successful sugar production is being laid: the company begins sugar be...

«Khmilnytske» LLC, which is a part of «Astarta-Kyiv» agri-industrial holding, began 2021 "sweet" sowing campaign. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. According to the company, this week, the agricultural company entered the main stage of the sowing campaign — they bega...

Agrarians of Rivne region began sugar beet sowing campaign. It is reported by press service of Agriculture Department of Rivne Regional State Administration. A complex of spring field works began in Rivne region. According to the report, the regio...

Freezing temperatures across much of France this week may have caused severe damage to newly planted sugar beet, adding to the difficulties of a sector hit by crop disease and low prices in recent seasons. It is reported by Reuters. Parts of France have registered record sub-zero lows for April since Tuesday. But the arrival of intense cold just as sugar beet was emerging from the soil may have destr...

Egypt's Canal Sugar has started trial production and will begin commercial production before June at its new beet sugar factory, which aims to be world's biggest such plant, the chief executive said on Monday. It is reported by Reuters. The sugar produced at the West Minya project in the south of Egypt will be sold in the local market, which faces a deficit. «We expect to provide 1.5 million ton...

Thailand has lowered the minimum ICUMSA level of sugar that is being produced as trade sources shared that such a policy move would improve the country's export competitiveness in the long run. It is reported by S&PGlobal Platts. The minimum ICUMSA for Thai HiPol raw sugar is reduced from a minimum of 1,000 to 600, according to the report issued by Thailand's Office of the Cane an...

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...