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Such an opinion was expressed by the participants of «Sugar World 2019», the 3-rd International Congress for Sugar Beet Producers and Processors, organized by the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine, which took place on February, 27 and gathered about 450 sugar beet growers and sugar producers, international experts and representatives of commercial companies.  Andriy Dykun, the Chairman of «Ukrsugar» Association, opened the event, noting that despite crisis, sugar industry continues its development:  «Today...

Sugar exports from the EU will not exceed 2 million tonnes in the coming years, says the head of Sucden analytical department Marina Sidak at «Sugar World 2019» International Congress. «During the last 5 seasons, sugar exports from the EU ranged from 1,4 to 3,6 million tonnes. The season of 2017/2018 MY after the abolition of production quotas in...

High grain prices may lead to a higher than expected reduction in sugar beet harvested area in 2019/2020 MY in the CIS countries, says the head of Sucden analytical department Marina Sidak at «Sugar World 2019» International congress. She says, next year in Ukraine the harvested area will decrease by 11% — to 250 thousand hectares, and sugar production is expected at the level of 1,4-1,6 million tonnes. In addition, ther...

Yuzepho-Mykolaiv biogas company will launch biogas plant with a capacity of 3-MW that will operate on the sugar beet pulp in May. AgroTimes reports about it. It will be invested about 7,5 million euros in it, said Yevgen Lukashevych, the head of UTC and the general contractor of the project, at the International Congress &laq...

Kopernik Global Investors LLC increased its share in «Astarta-Kyiv» agri-industrial holding to 5,04%. It is announced by the company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange website. On February 14, 2019, as a result of acquiring 12,95 thousand «Astarta» shares, Kopernik's share in the aut...

According to the results of 2018/2019 MY, Kryzhopil Sugar Refinery became the leader in sugar production, producing 170,97 thousand tonnes of sugar. The second place was occupied by Gaisin Sugar Refinery, which produced 120,8 thousand tonnes of sugar. The third place — Radekhivskyi Sugar Refinery, which produced 108,49 thousand ton...

According to the forecasts of the Analytical Department of «Ukrsugar» Association, in the current marketing year sugar beet harvested area will amount to 220-230 thousand hectares, which is almost four times less than last year. «Sugar beet sowing campaign will begin in one and half month and we have disappointing forecasts of the harvested areas. According to our data, in the current year, the ​​sug...

According to the results of 2018, 64% of sugar produced at «Cygnet» sugar refinery was the I category product. It is reported by the company in its report. The quality of sugar was improved due to modernization of the equipment, in which 871 thousand dollars were invested. In addition, d...

For the first time in Ukraine «DEDDENS AGRO» LLC and «RITTER BIO AGRO» LLC received certified organic sugar from the grown organic sugar beet. It is reported by press service of Gnidava Sugar Refinery. Viktor Shcherbachuk, the General Director, says the team has been moving towards this goal since 2013, when organic company was found...

On January 31, 2019, «UPI-AGRO» sugar refineries completed sugar beet processing season, which lasted more than 150 days. For the first time in the whole history, two sugar refineries of the company processed 2,189 million tonnes of sugar beet and produced 291 thousand tonnes of sugar — 16% of total Ukrainian sugar production. It is reported by press service of the company. The improvement of production technology, in particular, the unprecedented project for the installation of ion exchange columns for beet juice d...