News of Ukraine

Monday, 12 February 2018
«Kamaz-Agro» became the first in Ukraine to introduce German sugar beet growing technology

«Kamaz-Agro» agrofirm (village of Ostrozhets Rivne region) became the first in Ukraine to introduce the German technology of sugar beet cultivation. It was announced by the director of the agrofirm Mykola Koshelia, AgroTimes reports. He says that this technology is based on the use of a certain hybrid and herbicide, which controls mos...

Monday, 12 February 2018
Sugar exports increased by 64%

In January 2018, sugar producers exported 76,4 thousand tonnes of sugar, which is 64% more than the previous month. «The main volumes were exported to Turkey (25%), Uzbekistan (23%), Libya (15%) and Sri Lanka — 7,2 thousand tonnes», — commented Ruslana Butylo the leading speak...

Monday, 12 February 2018
Vinnytsia region produced 445 thousand tonnes of sugar per season

Vinnytsia region completed sugar-refining season. It was produced 445 thousand tonnes of sugar — 10 thousand tonnes more than in 2016. It was announced on February 5 at the weekly meeting in the Regional State Administration by the Director of the Department of Agro-Industrial Development, Ecology and Natural Resources Mykola Tkachuk...

Thursday, 8 February 2018
«Astarta» sugar refineries completed the production season

Last week «Astarta» finished the sugar production campaign. It is reported by the press-service of the company. Sugar refineries produced 463 thousand tonnes of sugar (-8% y-o-y). During the season the company processed almost 3,1 million tonnes of sugar be...

Thursday, 8 February 2018
«Astarta» sees 27,5% fall in sugar sales in Q4 2017

Astarta agroindustrial holding sugar sales fell by 27,5% in October-December 2017 year-over-year, to 110,900 tonnes. The company has reported on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), «Interfax-Ukraina» reports. The company said that wheat sales over the period grew by 5,7% — to 80,500 tonnes, wh...

Thursday, 11 January 2018
Vinnytsia sugar refineries produced 434 thousand tonnes of sugar

As of January 10, Vinnytsia region produced 431 thousand tonnes of sugar. It is reported by «Golos Ukrainy». In 2017, the processing enterprises of Vinnytsia region procured more than three million tonnes of sugar beet — some of them were deli...

Thursday, 11 January 2018
Kharkiv region produced almost 119 thousand tonnes of sugar

In the current season, Kharkiv region produced 118,7 thousand tonnes of sugar. It is reported by «Status Quo». Six sugar refineries worked in the region and processed 841 thousand tonnes of sugar beet. Local farmers achieved a good result, but not all...

Thursday, 11 January 2018
«Astarta» sugar refineries produced 430 thousand tonnes of sugar

Two sugar refineries of «Astarta» — Narkevусhi (Khmelnytsk region) and Zhdanivsky (Vinnytsia region) — continue sugar beet processing. Six refineries of the company located in Poltava and Kharkiv regions have already completed the production season. As of January 9, more than 430 thousand tonnes of sugar, about 100 thousand tonnes of molasses a...

Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Cygnet Sugar Refinery produced more than 33 thousand tonnes of sugar

Cygnet Sugar Refinery produced 33,1 thousand tonnes of sugar. This year, the company completed the production season 10 days earlier than planned. It is reported by the company. The sugar refinery in Andrushky, Zhytomyr region, owned by Cygnet company, processed a record amount of sugar beet — 232 thousand tonnes. It...

Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Sugar production exceeded 2 million tonnes

As of January 9, Ukraine produced 2,018 million tonnes of sugar and processed 14,07 million tonnes of sugar beet. 46 sugar refineries worked in the current season. «Sugar production has reached 2,018 million tonnes and it is higher than last year's production volumes. However, this figure is not yet final, as four more sugar refineries continue th...