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It seems that the cultivation of sugar beet, an unusual culture for Kherson region, has quite "sweet" prospects. It is reported by «Golos Ukrainy». This year the agricultural company, which ventured to cultivate sugar beet in Bilozersky district, received 60 tonnes of sugar beet per hect...

In the third quarter of 2017, «Astarta» agro-industrial holding increased sugar sales by 14% — to 109.9 thousand tonnes, compared with the same period of 2016. It was announced by the company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. As it was reported, that in marketing year 2016/2017 (MY, September-August) «Astarta» refineries increased sugar produ...

Poltava is among four Ukrainian regions, which got the largest sugar beet harvest. Roman Tovsty, the deputy chairman of Poltava Regional State Administration, reports about it on his Facebook page. As of October 17, about 630 thousand tonnes of sugar beet were harvested in P...

In the current season, sugar refinery in Andrushky village of Zhytomyr region of Ukraine, owned by «Cygnet» agrocompany, plans to produce 30 thousand tonnes of sugar. It is reported by the press service of the company. According to report, before the beginning of the new sugar refining season Cygnet held the refinery modernization in which th...

Traders shipped 100,662.51 tonnes (MT) of raw sugar to China and Japan as part of efforts to reduce the country’s sugar inventory, according to the Philippine Sugar Millers Association Inc. (PSMA). It is reported my BusinessMirror. PSMA Executive Director, Francisco D. Varua, said the volume is part of the 140,000 tonnes of sugar that Philippine traders would export to countries other th...

In Australia crushing was resumed at Wilmar Sugar's Plane Creek Mill in the early hours of Monday morning after a five-day wet weather stoppage. It is reported by Daily Mercury. Proserpine is expected to start up around 4 am on Tuesday morning when contractors started cutting again on Monday. The mill was shut down for five days as well due...

On October 17 the government of Pakistan announced that the import duty on beet sugar, cane sugar and white crystalline cane sugar was hiked to 40%, up from 20% previously. It is reported by Dawn. The government has raised the duty on over 250 products in an attempt to lower the trade deficit and gather revenues to finance export subsidies.

As of the end of September, 13,59 million tonnes of sugarcane were harvested in Argentina. It is reported by the government portal. With the sugarcane season drawing to a close in Tucuman, seven mills have shut operations while the remaining eight are preparing to stop by end-Octobe...

Low sugar prices in 2017 due to surplus production will dent profits, resulting in reduced sugar beet acreage in 2018 in Kuban region.  It is reported by Delovata Gazeta. According to Kubansakharprom Association, sugar output so far has increased by 240,000 tonnes to 1 million and is expected to hit 1,5 million tonnes by the e...

Pakistan sugar production is forecast at a record 6,5 million tonnes for MY 2017/18, up six percent from the initial forecast of 6 million tonnes due to an increase in area, better cane yields, and improved sugar recovery rates. It is reported by Reuters. Record production is expected in the face of record stocks and is likely to present a challenge for the industry if it is unable to export. While the government did not a...