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RUSSIA
Tkachev, Russian Minister of Agriculture, has announced that the dependence on foreign breeding material of sugar beet made 76% In the first half of the year.
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According to the update by the Ministry of Agriculture dated September 2, 2016, sugar beet was collected from the area of 101,700 hectares, or 9.2% of the crop area (in 2015 – 107.2 thousand hectares). Harvested total 4.5 million tons (in 2015 – 4.3 million MT), with the average yield of 44.68 MT/ha (in 2015 – 40.17 MT/ha).
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According to the analysis of the FCS customs declarations, Russia has exported to countries outside the Customs Union 700 tons of pulp in July 2016. By the end of 7 months the exports of pulp from Russia have reached 286 600 tons (in 2015 – 229.8 thousand tons; in 2014 – 244.8 thousand tons).
UKRAINE
The dynamics of sugar beet development, according to "Ukrtsukor", looks as follows as of September 1, 2016:
- beet weight - 479 grams (in 2015 – 424 g);
- topper weight - 276 grams (in 2015 – 257 g);
- sucrose content - 16.5% (2015 – 16.9%);
- plant density - 101 thousand pieces per 1 ha (in 2015 – 101 thousand pieces per 1 ha).
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For the week past the minimum price of sugar increased by 2.8%, while the maximum - by 3.9%. As of September 2, the sugar mills sell sugar at wholesale price of UAH 12.70-13.30/kg or around RUR 31.36-32.84/kg (according to Sugar.Ru), informs "Ukrtsukor".
MOLDOVA
In the first half of 2016 Moldova has exported 38 898 tons of sugar to the European Union, which makes 104% of the quota of 37 400 MT.
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In the northern regions of Moldova farmers started harvesting sugar beet. The sucrose content in the beet reaches 17%. The national Ministry of Agriculture anticipates yields about 31 MT from a hectare. This year sugar beet was grown at 23 thousand hectares.
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