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Indonesia, the world's second-largest sugar importer, is exploring the possibility of buying raw sugar from India, where a bumper cane crop has raised fears of a glut of the sweetener.  It is reported by The Economic Times. India, too, is keen to export a bigger quantity, preferably through barter trade.  A delegation from Indonesian Sugar Association met representatives o...

Agrarians of Ternopil region completed sugar beet harvesting. UNIAN reports about it. Mariya Dermanska, Head of the Department of Agricultural Production Management of the Department of Agro-Industrial Development of the Regional State Administration, says, t...

During 11 months of 2017, Ukraine's seaports transhiped 16,23 thousand tonnes of sugar, which is 28.59% less than in the same period last year. It is reported by USPA. At the same time, during the reporting period, all this sugar volume was aimed at exports. The sugar transfering was carried out in Odessa seaport. It is reported that, acco...

«Svarog West Group» Corporation generally processes about 80 thousand hectares of land in Khmelnytsk, Chernivtsy and Zhytomyr regions and grows a wide range of crops with traditional and organic technologies. Fylymon Antoniyk, chief agronomist of the company, told about the main indicators of productivity in traditional agriculture. It is reported by SuperAgronom. The chief agronomist says, this year sugar beet were grown on 7,600 hectares. The harvesting was completed on December, 15. The yield (in the calibrat...

Despite difficult weather conditions, sugar refining season continues at Gnidava Sugar Refinery. This season, the company heads towards a record high rising sugar beet processing and sugar production. Such sugar beet volumes have made new record in the last sixty years. The press-service of the company reports about it. Gnidava Sugar Refinery works not only with large agricultural enterprises and sugar beet growers, but also with individual peasant farms. Director...

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...