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«Gnidava Sugar Refinery» LLC began preparations for the new season of 2019. It is announced by Deputy Director for Raw Materials Oleksandr Nikishyn, the press service of the company reports. One of the leading enterprises in Volyn region is relatively serious in preparatio...

Recently specialists of «Agroprodservice» Company began sugar beet sowing on a total area of 2,993 hectares. The press-service of the company reports. As of March 18, «Agroprodservice» completed wheat and barley, peas and horse beans sowing. This year peas were sown 685 hectares, sprin...

In February of the current marketing year, Ukrainian producers exported 34,3 thousand tonnes of sugar — 16% less than in the previous month. «The main deliveries were carried out to Azerbaijan — 25% and Great Britain — 18%. In addition, Kyrgyzstan and Israel imported 13% of the total volume in a month&...

In 2019, «Gals Agro» plans to increase the volumes of the first category sugar production. It is announced by General Director of «Hals Agro» Sergiy Kravchuk, reports Latifundist.com. «The sugar beet harvested area has not increased for several years, it reach...

South Africa's sugar tax could slash industry revenues and prompt restructuring of the country's sugar sector, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in a report published on Wednesday. It is reported by Reuters. The tax, introduced last April, has slashed the beverage sector's use of sugar by 30 percent, the USDA attache in Pretoria said, marking a major win for health advoca...

French sugar trader Sucres et Denrees SA, or Sucden, expects a larger deficit in the world’s sugar supply balance in the 2019-20 crop year (October-September), at around 4 million tons, due to projected decreases in output in India, Thailand and the European Union. It is reported by Reuters. Eduardo Sia, a sugar trader for Sucden in Brazil, said that sugar production in Thailand should fall around 10 percent in 2019-20 to 12 million tonnes, as cane farmers sw...

Brazil should seek a tariff-free sugar quota agreement with the United States similar to the tariff-free ethanol quota it offers to U.S. exporters of the biofuel, the new head of Brazil’s powerful cane industry group Unica told. It is reported by Reuters. Evandro Gussi, who took over last month as the head of Brazil’s main sugar and ethanol lobby, said in an interview that if a tariff-free sugar quota was not accepte...

In 2019, agrarians of Volyn region plan to increase sugar beet harvested area. It is reported by the press service of Volyn Regional State Administration. In 2019, in Volyn region the local agrarians plan to sow 12,5 thousand hectares of sugar beet. According to the S...

Egypt's Canal Sugar plans to build the biggest in the world beet sugar factory. It is reported by Reuters. Egypt’s Canal Sugar said on Sunday it had signed a financing agreement worth a total of $169 million with a consortium of six banks. The funds, which consist of...

On February 27, the 3-rd International Congress «Sugar World 2019» took place in Brovary, bringing together about 450 sugar beet producers and processors, international experts and representatives of commercial companies. The event was focused on the technological aspects of the effective sugar beet cultivation and modern trends in the quality sugar production. You can review all...