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Lviv region completed sugar refining season. «Radekhivskyi Sugar» LLC reached a processing capacity of over 7,5 thousand tonnes per day. During the season, almost 800 thousand tonnes of sugar beets were processed, 100,4 thousand tonnes of sugar were produced. The sugar yield amounted to 12,6%. It is reported by «Golos Sokalschyny». This year, the sugar beet sown area increased by 1,6 thousand hectares — to 12,6 thousand hectares. As a result, more than 780 thousand...

Poltava region completed sugar refining season and the local factories produced 192 thousand tonnes of sugar. It is reported by «Uriadovyi Kurier». Since the beginning of sugar production (on September 7), four sugar factories of Poltava region have processed 1,053 million tonnes of sugar...

A government decision to allow 260,000t of raw cane sugar into the UK tariff-free could spell the end of the British sugar beet sector, say farm leaders. It is reported by Farmers Weekly. The tariff-free import quota will apply annually from 1 January – after the end of the Brexit transition period. NFU Sugar board chairman Michael Sly has...

Indian government on Friday permitted export of 8,424 tonnes of raw sugar under its tariff-rate quota (TRQ) to the US, which enables shipments to enjoy relatively low tariff. It is reported by The Economic Times. «The quantity of raw sugar 8,424 MTRV (metric ton raw value) to be exported to the US under TRQ up to September 30, 2021, is notified», &mdash...

Since the beginning of sugar-refining season, sugar factories of Vinnytsia region produced more than 200 thousand tonnes of sugar.  It is announced by the head of the Regional State Administration Serhiy Borzov, the press service of Vinnytsia Regional State Administration reports. At present, more than 1,5 million tonnes of sug...

Brazil’s sugar and ethanol lobby group Unica said on Tuesday it does not expect the United States to retaliate after the Brazilian government did not renew a tariff-free ethanol import quota that was almost entirely used by U.S. producers. It is reported by Reuters. The tariff-free ethanol import quota, for 187.5 million litters of ethanol, expired on Monday. A Brazilian government source said last week that talks between the two cou...

Russian farmers will increase the sugar beet sowing area by 13б6% year on year — to 1б05 million hectares in 2021, signalling higher supply for the domestic market next year. It is reported by press-service of the agriculture ministry. Russian President Volodymyr Putin criticised officials and market players over rising prices for sugar, bread, flour and sunflower...

«Astarta» finished the 2020 agricultural production season by harvesting sugar beets (almost 1,5 million tonnes). It is reported by press center of the company. Considering the negative weather impact on plants throughout the entire year, namely the prolonged drought in the eastern and central regions of Ukrai...