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Sugar plants produced 1.75 mn MT sugar
03.12.2007 12:50 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of this year Dec 2, Ukrainian sugar plants made 1,745.440 MT sugar (2007 sugar beet crop), down 538,560 MT (- 30.9%) against last year similar, reported National Sugar Producers Association Ukrtsukor representative referring to regions operative data. As to representative, plants have received 16 mn MT sugar beet since production beginning (processed – 15.07 mn MT). As to him, now 30 sugar plants (of total 110 permitted this year to process sugar beet) are functioning. 79 plants have already finished this season processing; 1 plant (Vinnytsia region) has postponed functioning due to resources absence. Representative admitted though sugar beet has been dug out already at 100% sown areas, but not all beet has been brought from fields yet. This year sugar beet harvesting area totals 595,400 ha. Reportedly, as of this year Nov 20, sugar plants produced 1.585 mn MT sugar. As to Ministry of Agrarian Policy forecast, this year sugar output is expected to reach 1.6 mn MT. As to Ukrtsukor estimation, this year agricultural companies have sown sugar beet at ≈ 650,000 ha. Experts estimate domestic sugar market annual capacity 2.2 mn MT.
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