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«Khmilnytske» LLC, which is a part of «Astarta-Kyiv» agri-industrial holding, began 2021 "sweet" sowing campaign. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. According to the company, this week, the agricultural company entered the main stage of the sowing campaign — they bega...

Agrarians of Rivne region began sugar beet sowing campaign. It is reported by press service of Agriculture Department of Rivne Regional State Administration. A complex of spring field works began in Rivne region. According to the report, the regio...

Freezing temperatures across much of France this week may have caused severe damage to newly planted sugar beet, adding to the difficulties of a sector hit by crop disease and low prices in recent seasons. It is reported by Reuters. Parts of France have registered record sub-zero lows for April since Tuesday. But the arrival of intense cold just as sugar beet was emerging from the soil may have destr...

Egypt's Canal Sugar has started trial production and will begin commercial production before June at its new beet sugar factory, which aims to be world's biggest such plant, the chief executive said on Monday. It is reported by Reuters. The sugar produced at the West Minya project in the south of Egypt will be sold in the local market, which faces a deficit. «We expect to provide 1.5 million ton...

Thailand has lowered the minimum ICUMSA level of sugar that is being produced as trade sources shared that such a policy move would improve the country's export competitiveness in the long run. It is reported by S&PGlobal Platts. The minimum ICUMSA for Thai HiPol raw sugar is reduced from a minimum of 1,000 to 600, according to the report issued by Thailand's Office of the Cane an...

With falling sugar prices in the world market, Pakistan government is considering floating an international tender for import of 50,000 tonnes of the sweetener to maintain its price within the official retail rate. It is reported by Dawn. Last week, the federal cabinet reversed a decision of the Economic Coordination Committee to allow the import of 0.5 million tonnes of white sugar from India via land route....

The southern districts of Volyn region began spring sowing of sugar beets. It is announced by the head of Department of agro-industrial development of the regional state administration Yuriy Gorbenko, Suspilne.media informs. In total, the region will sow (approximate...

«Astarta»’s farming units started the new spring planting season. It is reported by press center of the company. The Company’s main crops are sugar beet (33,5kha), corn (59,9kha), soybeans (31,2kha), wheat (46,5kha), sunflower (28,1kha) and winter rapeseeds...

Pakistan lifted a nearly two-year ban on sugar imports from arch-rival India on Wednesday, the finance minister said, a step towards reviving suspended trade between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. It is reported by Reuters. Pakistan’s Economic Coordination Council (ECC), a top decision-making body, allowed the private sector to import 0.5 million tonnes of white sugar as Islamabad trie...

Cargill said on Tuesday it is leaving the global sugar trading business after agreeing to sell its 50% stake in the joint venture Alvean, the world’s largest sugar trader, to Brazil’s Copersucar. It is reported by Reuters. Copersucar and Cargill said they reached an agreement to end their partnership at Alvean, with the Brazilian company becoming the sole shareholder of the company, which m...