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Australian sugarcane growers happy with Peru trade deal

Bundaberg cane farmers are excited following the signing of the Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement that will initially see 30,000 tonnes of sugar exported from Australia to Peru. It is reported by NewsMail. PAFTA will eliminate 99.4 percent of tariffs that exporters face into Peru, putting our farmers on equal footing with foreign competitors. Under the agreement, Austra...


Zhytomyr region produced almost 70 thousand tonnes of sugar

This season sugar refineries of Zhytomyr region produced 68,1 thousand tonnes of sugar. It is reported by AgroTimes. Such volume is completely enough for the need of the region in this production, reported in Zhytomyr Regional State Administration. In general,&n...


«Kamaz-Agro» became the first in Ukraine to introduce German sugar beet growing technology

«Kamaz-Agro» agrofirm (village of Ostrozhets Rivne region) became the first in Ukraine to introduce the German technology of sugar beet cultivation. It was announced by the director of the agrofirm Mykola Koshelia, AgroTimes reports. He says that this technology is based on the use of a certain hybrid and herbicide, which controls mos...


Vinnytsia region produced 445 thousand tonnes of sugar per season

Vinnytsia region completed sugar-refining season. It was produced 445 thousand tonnes of sugar — 10 thousand tonnes more than in 2016. It was announced on February 5 at the weekly meeting in the Regional State Administration by the Director of the Department of Agro-Industrial Development, Ecology and Natural Resources Mykola Tkachuk...


Domestic production meets 80% of Iran’s fertilizer demand

Iran plans to supply 2,305 million tonnes of various fertilizers during the current fiscal year, started March 2017. It is reported by trend.az. According to the Iranian officials, the figure will include 1.,5 million tonnes of nitrogen, 525,000 tonnes of potassium and 280,000 tonnes of phosphorus fertilizers....


Bundager Sugar, the first in Australia, began to produce organic sugar

IN an Australian first, Bundaberg Sugar is growing and processing organic raw sugar after achieving Australian Certified Organic (ACO) status. It is reported by NewsMail. Chief Executive Officer Guy Basile said interest from retailers and manufacturers has prompted Bundaberg Sugar to grow organic sugar cane on its company farms and proces...


«Astarta» sugar refineries completed the production season

Last week «Astarta» finished the sugar production campaign. It is reported by the press-service of the company. Sugar refineries produced 463 thousand tonnes of sugar (-8% y-o-y). During the season the company processed almost 3,1 million tonnes of sugar be...


«Astarta» sees 27,5% fall in sugar sales in Q4 2017

Astarta agroindustrial holding sugar sales fell by 27,5% in October-December 2017 year-over-year, to 110,900 tonnes. The company has reported on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), «Interfax-Ukraina» reports. The company said that wheat sales over the period grew by 5,7% — to 80,500 tonnes, wh...


Kenya 2017 sugar imports jumped 196% on year

Kenya's sugar imports increased by 196% in 2017 compared with the previous year as traders rushed to ship in duty-free commodity to bridge a local deficit. It is reported by AsokoInsight. The volumes shipped into the country nearly tripled from 334,109 tonnes in 2016 to 989,619 tonnes. The bulk of the sugar imports was brown/mill white type (table...

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