Sugar beet sowing data from Belarus and news from Russia and Ukraine, Apr 17, 2017

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RUSSIA

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, sugar beets were sown at the area of 461.6 thousand hectares or 40.9% of the forecast by April 14, 2017 (in 2016 - 403.1 thousand hectares). Wholesale and retail prices for refined sugar have decreased by 0.3% in the period April 4 to 10, 2017.

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NCSP Group (Novorossiysk commercial seaport) reports that the volume of sugar transshipment amounted to 77 thousand tons in January-March 2017, which is 130 thousand tons or 62.8% less than in 2016.

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On April 14, 2017 the Stavropol Territory has completed sowing of sugar beet at an area of 38.0 thousand hectares, according to the regional Ministry of Agriculture.

UKRAINE

The country has seeded 251,000 hectares, or 86% of the forecast as of April 14, 2017, (the forecast is 293 thousand hectares), the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported.

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Consulting agency "AAA" has increased its forecast of sugar beet to 14.8 million tons and sugar production to 2.1-2.12 million tons in 2017/18 MY. The forecast was published at the website of the agency. Sugar beet acreage is projected to reach 325 thousand hectares, the yield of sugar beet is expected to be slightly lower than last year - 45.8 MT/ha against (48.2 MT/ha in 2016). The probable export of sugar by the Ukrainian sugar industry may reach the range 450-550 thousand tons in the coming MY, "AAA" predicts.

BELARUS

As of April 17, 2017, total 29.6 thousand hectares were sown with sugar beet (30.9% of the plan), according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus.

Sowing of sugar beet in Belarus, update: April 17, 2017.

Description

Belarus total

Including by regions

Brest

Vitebsk

Gomel

Grodno

Minsk

Mogilev

2017

2016

2017

2016

2017

2016

2017

2016

2017

2016

2017

2016

2017

2016

Acreage planned
1000 ha

96

20

0

0

33,6

37,4

5

Seeded
1000 ha

29,6

35,2

7,02

6,67

0

0

0

0

16,7

16,2

5,45

11,7

0,48

0,61

To planned %

30,9

35,6

35,1

32,5

0

0

0

0

49,7

46,3

14,6

30,1

9,6

14,2

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