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The tax on sugary drinks was proposed two years ago in an attempt to halt diseases linked to obesity, which are fuelled by sugary drinks. The proposed tax on sugary drinks is likely to be introduced in April 2018, although there is still disagreement on the exact level of tax. Health24 reports. Initially, Treasury proposed a 20% tax but this year it offered a compromise –  exempting the first 4 g of sugar per 100 ml from the tax – to encourage industry t...

Today, on September, 6, at the head office of Astarta-Kyiv the search, initiated by the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, was conducted with the participation of armed law enforcement officers and in violation of procedural rules. The press-service of the company reports.  For several hours employees could not get to their jobs, the work of enterprises was blocked. In addition, the separate accounts of several productio...

During the last month of the marketing year Ukrainian producers supplied 18,3 ths. t of sugar to the foreign markets. The main deliveries were made to Azerbaijan — 7,8 ths. t, Turkey — 5,2 ths. t, Georgia — 2,5 ths. t and Moldova —1,4 ths. t. "In general, within 2016/201...

Gnidava Sugar Refinery is the first mill in Ukraine, which will begin to produce sustainable sugar. The press-service of the company reports. Gnidava Sugar Refinery will process organic sugar beet of «RITTER BIO AGRO» LLC, which grows products only for the European mark...

India will soon permit import of 300,000 tonnes of raw sugar at a concessional rate of 25 per cent import duty against normal 40 per cent duty. Import is most likely to be permitted to sugar-starved mills in the southern states, where prices are Rs 2-2.50 higher than in Maharashtra. Business-Standard reports. South Indian mills will get the permission to import 3 lakh tonnes of sugar to be refined and sold by mid-October. New crop sugar would enter the mark...

As of August 5, 7,3 ths. t of sugar are produced and 5 sugar refineries operate. The new sugar season is a little late, compared to the previous year, and started on August, 30 with Tomashpil sugar refinery launch. «Last year sugar season began on August, 2...