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Brazil's center-south is expected to produce 26,38 million tonnes in the 2018/19 season — the lowest amount in 12 years due to a smaller cane crop and higher ethanol production, Datagro consultancy said on Tuesday. It is reported by Nasdaq. Datagro's previous estimate for the season was for production of 27,28 million tonnes. It projected the new sugar season, which starts in April next year, at a similar...

Sri Lankan importers have temporarily stopped importing sugar after the government hiked import duty and imposed a maximum domestic retail price, which made imports uneconomical, market sources said. It is reported by S&P Global Platts. The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) of Sri Lanka fixed the maximum retail price for white sugar at Rupee 100/kg on October 12, which is equivalent to $578,...

As of October 29, sugar refineries of Khmelnytsk region produced more than 100 thousand tonnes of sugar. It is reported by Khmelnytsk Regional State Administration. Local farmers harvested 1,212 million tonnes of sugar beet from the area of 24,2 thousand hectares (80%) with the average&...

As of October 26, Ukrainian farmers harvested 9,5 million tonnes of sugar beet. It is reported by the press service of Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Sugar beet are harvested from the area of 197 thousand hectares (71%) with an average yield of...

Agrarians of Cherkasy region harvested 387 thousand tonnes of sugar beet. It is reported by Agricultural Department of Cherkasy Regional State Administration. According to the latest data, sugar beet harvesting continues in the region, sugar beet are...

A continuing lack of rain in Europe has slowed sugar beet harvesting as farmers struggle to lift the crop from parched soil, which could further shrink yields this year. It is reported by Reuters. An unusually warm and dry start to autumn has exacerbated summer drought conditions in parts of Europe and has dashed hopes in some crop belts that sugar beet plants woul...

On October 7, 1-st Petrovskyi Sugar Refinery («Bilyi Kolodiaz» LLC) began sugar refining reason. 1-st Petrovskyi Sugar Refinery is one of the oldest factories in Ukraine, built back in 1834. Recall that in 2017/2018 MY the company processed 186,7 thousand tonnes of sugar beet, of which more th...

«Khmilnytske» agricultural enterprise (Vinnytsia region), which is a part of «Astarta-Kyiv» agro-industrial holding, harvested 5,6 thousand hectares of sugar beet. It is more than a half of all areas under this culture, reported the company on its Facebook-page. It is noted that «Khmilnytske» delivered more than 100 thousand tonnes of su...

I&U Group agrarian holding received 15 million dollars from the EBRD to finance the development, construction and operation of 6 MW biogas complex in Kirovograd region. The EBRD Senior Advisor on Eastern Europe and Kazakhstan Anton Usov reported about it on his Facebook-page. The financing package will include an EBRD loan of EUR 13 million and Clean Dev...

According to the results of the 3-rd quarter of 2018, «Astarta» agro-industrial holding reduced sugar sales by 20%, compared to the same period of 2017, — to 88 thousand tonnes. The company stated about it in a message on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. According to the report, for this period the average sugar prices decreased by 18%. As it is noted, wheat sales increased b...