International Sugar Journal

Ukraine – Astrata produces 282,000 tonnes sugar in 2022 [Full subscriber]

Astarta’s sugar factories processed around 2 million tonnes of sugar beet, from which it produced 282,000 tonnes sugar in 2022.

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Ukraine set to produce over 1 million tonnes sugar in 2022/23 [Full subscriber]

Ukrainian sugar refineries have started white sugar production from the 2022 sugar beet harvest, making the first 3,000 tonnes of the commodity, according to Ukraine’s sugar union, reported Reuters.

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Ukraine – 10 beet sugar factories will not be operating during 2022/23 amidst high gas prices [Registered]

A third of Ukraine’s beet sugar factories will not operate during the 2022/23 campaign due to war and high gas prices, producers’ union Ukrtsukor said on Aug 16.

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Ukraine – 2022/23 sugar production forecast to fall by 23% amidst Russian invasion, says USDA [Full subscriber]

2022/23 sugar output is expected to drop by 23% to 1.1 million tonnes, due mainly to the current Russian invasion, according to the latest attaché report from USDA.

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Ukraine – Astrata maintains sugar beet acreage for 2022/23 [Registered]

Ukraine’s major beet sugar producer, Astarta, has completed sowing 33,000 hectares, almost the same acreage it sowed in 2021, reported Reuters.

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Ukraine – 2021/22 sugar output estimated at 1.44 million tonnes [Registered]

Beet sugar output during the 2021/22 campaign is forecast at 1.44 million tonnes, produced from 10.6 million tonnes of sugar beet processes, according to local press reports.

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Ukraine – 2021/22 sugar output forecast to increase by 23% [Full subscriber]

Sugar production for 2021/22 is forecast to increase by 23% to 1.4 million tonnes to the 2020/21 estimate, according to the latest report from USDA’s FAS.

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Ukraine – 2020/21 campaign – sugar beet acreage down by 5%, sugar output forecast to fall by 15% [Full subscriber]

For the 2020/21 campaign, sugar beet was sown on 209,000 hectares, some 5% less than in 2019, according to the National Association of Sugar Producers Ukrtsukor.

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Ukraine – Low global sugar price forces ED&F Man to shut its beet sugar factory [Full subscriber]

ED&F Man’s beet sugar factory Zaselsky will not be operational for the next two years as the drop in global sugar price has made it uncompetitive, according to local press reports.

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Ukraine – Sugar output reaches nearly 2 million tonnes [Registered]

As of December 27, 2017, sugar output in Ukraine was 1.96 million tons, according to the National Association of Sugar Producers Ukrtsukor. This is similar to previous year’s output.

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