Ukraine will produce about 1.44 million tons of sugar
Ukrainian sugar producers in 2021 will produce about 1.44 million tons of sugar.
This was reported by the press service of the Scientific and Practical Center for Beet Sugar Production (SPC for Beet Sugar Production).
The SPC "Sugar beet production" states that as of December 1, the yield of sugar beet was 463 c / ha (which is an insignificant gap and can be attributed to a statistical error).
The harvesting of the sugar beet took place under almost ideal conditions throughout the season. The bulk of the beets supplied to the sugar factories were of good quality.
“With such crop yields, 10.6 million tons of sugar beet will be processed at sugar factories in the 2021 season” (which was fully confirmed in the latest reports of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy). Taking into account the average sugar yield in Ukraine of 14.2 (as of December 21), at least 1.44 million tons of sugar will be produced from the incoming raw materials, "said Alexander Korotinsky, director of the Sugar Beet Production Center.
He added that domestic consumption is 1.38 million tons of sugar per year. Accordingly, the domestic market is fully supplied with domestic sugar.
As a reminder, due to the insufficient amount of raw materials, 26 factories completed the sugar-making season. We also wrote that the export of Ukrainian sugar has dropped dramatically.