It is announced by the Director of the Department for Agricultural Development, Ecology and Natural Resources of Regional State Administration Mykola Tkachuk, the press service of Vinnytsia Regional State Administration reports.

Sugar beet are harvested from the area of ​​6 thousand hectares, which is 11% of the planted area. Currently, 301 thousand tonnes of beet harvested, the yield of which reaches 497 centners/ha.

In 2018/2019 MY, there are 6 sugar refineries in operation: «Illinetsky Tsykrovy Zavod» LLC, «Zoria Podillia» Foods Company» LLC (Gaisin Sugar Refinery), «Tsukoragroprom» LLC, Zhdanivka Sugar Refinery, «Podillia Foods Company» PJSC (Kryzhopil Sugar Refinery), «Agricultural Complex «Zelena Dolyna» LLC (Tomashpil Sugar Refinery), «Yuzepho-Mykolaiv Agroindustrial Company» LLC.

These enterprises adopted 168,3 thousand tonnes of beet for processing, from which they processed 139,1 thousand tonnes and produced 17,7 thousand tonnes of sugar.