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Sugar prices in India have jumped by more than 3% in a fortnight to their highest level in six years, traders and industry officials said, as limited rainfall in the country's key growing regions raised production concerns for the upcoming season. It is reported by Reuters. This could add to food inflation and discourage New Delhi from allowing sugar exports, supporting global prices , which are near their highest in more than a decade. &...

Germany’s second largest sugar producer Nordzucker said on Tuesday it plans to start this year’s sugar refining season of new crop beets at its first plant in Germany on Friday, Sept. 8. It is reported by Reuters. The other Nordzucker factories in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia are to start processing beet during September or early October. Unl...

The Acting Chairman of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine «Ukrsugar» Nazar Mykhailovin told «Interfax-Ukraine» how 2023 spring forecasts regarding the sugar beet sown area, the readiness of sugar factories for the sugar production season and sugar export potential came true. Forecasts in the current year not only came true, but also exceeded expectations. If on the eve of the sowing campaign we expected 239,000 ha of sugar beet sowing area, now, according to the Ministry...

White sugar prices on ICE rose to a 12-year high on Wednesday, buoyed by the prospect of tightening supplies as dry weather threatens to curb production in India and Thailand. It is reported by Nasdaq. India is on track for its lowest monsoon rains in eight years and is expected to ban mills from exporting sugar in the coming season starting in Octobe...

Astarta's sugar production segment showed a robust performance in 1H23, with revenues boosted by 39% y-o-y to EUR86m. More robust results reflected 25% y-o-y higher sugar sales volumes of 120kt and a 13% y-o-y higher selling price of EUR693/t It is reported by the company in its report. Exports of sugar and sugar-by products contributed 26% of segment revenues in 1H23 vs. 5% in 1H22. The Ukrainian government suspended white sugar exp...

Ukraine began new 2023/2024 season of harvesting and processing sugar beets. According to official data, two sugar factories started sugar beet processing. One of them is located in Vinnytsia region, and the other — in Cherkasy region.

British Sugar has announced this autumn's factory start dates for its 2023/24 sugar beet processing campaign. It is reported by Eastern Daily Press. The Bury St Edmunds site in Suffolk will be the first of the company's four factories to open for deliveries from East Anglia's sugar beet grower...

Sugar group Tereos has agreed to sell a factory site in northern France to fries maker Agristo following its announcement in March that it would end sugar production there, France's industry ministry said on Monday. It is reported by Reuters. Belgian firm Agristo plans to invest around 350 million euros ($378.4 million) to develop a new factory for potato-based products to replace the existing sugar processing...

India will decide on sugar exports for the 2023/24 season once firm estimates of total sugar cane production become available, the government said on Thursday. It is reported by Nasdaq. "Government's priority is to ensure sufficient availability of sugar for consumption, ethanol production and maintaining closing stocks of 6 million tonnes for 20...