"Agro Perspective" (Kiev) - The state will buy about 10 Ths.MT of sugar from beet of the crop of 2002 instead of earlier planned 25 Ths.MT. The drop of volumes of the purchase in state reserve of sugar is connected with refusal of many companies, which have winned the tender to buy it at the price 2200 UAH/MT established by committee because of the rise of the prices at the market. Only seven companies have agreed to buy sugar. At the tender price was installed with allowance of the floor prices at 2050 UAH/MT and costs of the companies-suppliers. The tender was held on November 15. 2002.