Sugar news from Russia and Ukraine and sugar beet sowing data from Russia, May 25, 2016

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RUSSIA

According to Rosstat, the production of sugar in Russia has increased to make 108 152 tons in April 2016 (+107.22% from March, + 24.8% vs. April 2015).

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Farmers in Belgorod region have completed sowing sugar beet. As of May 25 the acreage planted has made 100%, out of 70 839 hectares planned for sugar beet. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, by May 23, 2016 sugar beet was sown on an area of 1,059,100 hectares, or 99.9% of the forecast (in 2015 – 993.5 thousand hectares).

Sowing sugar beet in Russia, update May 24, 2016, 1,000 hectares

Region

Forecast 2016
1000 ha

Actually sown, 1000 ha

2016

% of forecast

2015

2016 vs.
2015, +/-

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

1059.9

1059.1

99.9

993.5

65.6

Central Fed. county

590.7

583.4

98.8

560.1

23.3

Belgorod region

81.2

79.0

97.3

71.9

7.1

Bryansk region

4.4

4.5

102.3

4.0

0.5

Voronezh region

110.5

113.0

102.3

113.9

-0.9

Kursk region

100.0

106.1

106.1

100.0

6.1

Lipetsk region

115.6

112.5

97.3

103.0

9.5

Oryol region

56.7

56.1

98.9

53.5

2.6

Ryazan region

6.6

6.9

105.3

6.5

0.4

Tambov region

106.8

96.7

90.5

99.3

-2.6

Tula region

8.9

8.6

96.6

8.0

0.6

Southern Fed. county

180.4

198.0

109.8

170.8

27.2

Krasnodar region

162.9

180.8

111.0

152.9

27.9

Rostov region

17.5

17.2

98.3

17.9

-0.7

North-Caucasian Fed. county

44.1

42.5

96.5

44.1

-1.6

Karachay-Cherkess Rep.

9.2

4.5

49.2

6.8

-2.3

Chechen Republic

5.5

4.0

72.7

3.9

0.1

Stavropol region

29.4

34.0

115.6

33.4

0.6

Volga Fed. county

221.6

212.0

95.7

196.5

15.5

Republic of Bashkortostan

50.1

49.5

98.8

40.7

8.8

Republic of Mordovia

24.8

24.8

100.0

25.0

-0.2

Republic of Tatarstan

62.2

63.0

101.3

57.1

5.9

Chuvash Republic

1.1

1.2

109.1

0.9

0.3

Nizhny Novgorod region

10.6

6.0

56.6

7.9

-1.9

Penza region

51.5

46.8

90.9

44.7

2.1

Saratov region

8.7

7.7

88.5

7.8

-0.1

Ulyanovsk region

12.6

13.0

103.2

11.9

1.1

Siberian Fed. county

23.1

23.2

100.4

22.0

1.2

Altai region

23.1

23.2

100.4

22.0

1.2

 

UKRAINE

On May 24 sugar mills offer sugar at wholesale price of UAH 12.50-12.90 / kg (or RUR 33.35-34.41/kg at the current rate of the Central Bank of Russia), reports "Ukrtsukor". Compared to previous week the minimum price propped by UAH 0.10/kg, and the maximum - by UAH 0.05/kg or 0.8% and 0.4% respectively.

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Group of companies "Ukrteplo", involved in modernization of Zaplazsky sugar factory in the Odessa region, will set up bioethanol production at the plant. In addition to bioethanol, the facilities at the sugar factory will include biofuel power plant, solar power plant and station to produce synthesis gas. The volume of annual production of bioethanol from organic raw materials (cereal straw and corn stalks) will be about 50 thousand tons. The planned solar power plant capacity is 10 MW, biofuel power plant - 12 MW.

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