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Sugar output in Guyana in 2017 is expected to fall by nearly a quarter from last year to nearly 140,000 tonnes, the lowest in 27 years. It is reported by FoxNews. The decline comes as Guysuco (the State-run Guyana Sugar Corporation) struggles with a debt load of more than $ 500 million and prepares to permanently close three of its...

Kenya sugar production dropped 45% in the 11 months to November as refineries grappled with shortage of raw material, with its sale falling by almost a similar margin. It is reported by Xnews. Monthly report from sugar directorate indicates quantities dropped to 327,886 tonnes in the first 11 months from 593,666 tonnes in the corresponding period last year. The r...

This year agrarians of Kyiv region harvested 966,2 thousand tonnes of sugar beet. It is reported by the Kyiv Regional State Administration. Sugar beet are harvested from the area of 21,4 thousand hectares with an average yield of 451,5 centners/ha.

It looks as if Louisiana’s sugarcane grinding season is going to be an extended one. But there is a good reason for the late finish — an exceptional sugarcane crop. It is reported by Daily Advertiser. Most years, the majority of mills complete grinding by the end of December. While some may be finished by then this year, others are scheduled to continue grindi...

In Poltava region, sugar refineries completed the sugar beet processing season. It is reported by Department of Agro-Industrial Development of Poltava region. In the current year, five sugar refineries worked in the region. They accepted 1,5 million tonnes of su...

400 thousand tonnes of sugar were produced in Vinnytsia region. According to specialists' forecasts, in general about 430-435 thousand tonnes of sugar will be produced from the beet harvest this year. Last year 433,7 thousand tonnes of sugar were produced. It is reported by «Voice of Ukraine». Vinnytsia sugar refineries have already delivered raw materials as much as it was in total by the results of 2016 — 2,87 million to...

Since the beginning of the year Ukraine increased export of chocolate to the countries of the European Union by 35% — to 10 thousand tonnes, as compared to the same period last year. It was reported by the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food on European Integration Olga Trofimtseva, according to «Ukrainian News». She says, in monetary terms, over 10 months e...

The government on Tuesday reduced its forecast for Brazil's 2017/18 sugar cane crop to 635,59 million tonnes, a 3,3% fall from the prior cycle, citing a reduction in planted area. It is reported by Reuters. Sugar production is expected to reach 39,46 million tonnes this season, a 0,2% rise from the previous cycle as mills boosted the amount of cane they earmarked for pr...

India has scrapped limits on the quantity of sugar that traders can keep, a government statement said on Tuesday, indicating higher output in the year that began in October. It is reported by Reuters. India, the world's top sugar consumer, had imposed inventory limits on traders in the 2016/17 season to keep prices under control as production fell after dry weather...

In 2018 Angolan biofuel company Biocom plans to produce around 100,000 tonnes of sugar, 20 thousand cubic metres of ethanol and generate 146,000 megawatts of electricity by processing of 900,000 tonnes of sugarcane, said Deputy Director-General Luís Bagorro Júnior. It is reported by Macauhub. This year, after the June-December harvest, the company processed 567,000 tonnes of sugarcane that produced 58,100 tonnes of sugar (against 51,500 tonnes in 2016), 12,00...