Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh sugar news, June 15, 2015

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RUSSIA

According to the monitoring figures by the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, the country has processed 448,900 tons of raw sugar and produced 439,900 tons of sugar this year as of June 8, 2015 (2.2% less than in 2014). Volumes of raw sugar import in January-June 2015 (as of June 7) have dropped by 12.8% compared to 2014. During the week June 8 to 15, the wholesale price of sugar rose by 1.6%, retail has decreased by 0.4%.

Sugar beet sowing in the Russian Federation, update as of June 11, 2015

Region

Forecast for
2015, 1000 ha

Planted, 1000 ha

2015

% to plan

2014

2015 vs.
 2014, %

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

980,2

1018,1

103,9

914,9

103,2

Central Federal District

548,7

567,5

103,4

508,9

58,6

Belgorod region

73,7

72,8

98,8

65,4

7,4

Bryansk region

3,7

4,0

108,1

3,8

0,2

Voronezh region

114,0

113,9

99,9

101,2

12,7

Kursk region

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,4

-0,4

Lipetsk region

101,9

109,0

107,0

88,4

20,6

Orel region

49,5

53,5

108,1

49,3

4,2

Ryazan region

8,0

6,5

81,3

7,5

-1,0

Tambov region

91,5

99,3

108,5

85,8

13,5

Tula region

6,4

8,5

132,8

7,1

1,4

Southern Federal District

161,3

172,1

106,7

156,4

15,7

Krasnodar region

143,3

152,9

106,7

140,1

12,8

Rostov region

18,0

19,2

106,7

16,3

2,9

North Caucasian Federal District

46,8

44,2

94,4

41,4

2,8

Karachay-Cherkess Rep.

7,2

6,8

94,4

6,6

0,2

Chechen Republic

6,2

4,0

64,5

6,1

-2,1

Stavropol region

33,4

33,4

100,0

28,7

4,7

Volga Federal District

203,4

212,3

104,4

191

21,3

Bashkortostan

52,7

51,0

96,8

49,6

1,4

Mordovia

25,0

25,0

100,0

23,1

1,9

Tatarstan

50,7

57,4

113,2

47,8

9,6

Chuvash Republic

0,8

1,0

125,0

0,8

0,2

Nizhny Novgorod region

10,6

12,8

120,8

8,5

4,3

Orenburg region

2,2

0,7

31,8

0,3

0,4

Penza region

42,3

44,7

105,7

44,4

0,3

Saratov region

6,1

7,8

127,9

4,6

3,2

Ulyanovsk region

13,0

11,9

91,5

11,9

0,0

Siberian Federal District

20,0

22,0

110,0

17,2

4,8

Altay region

20,0

22,0

110,0

17,2

4,8

 

UKRAINE

About a hundred activists have blocked the highway "Berdichev – Vinnitsa" protesting against the destruction of Brodetsky sugar factory in Kozyatinsky district of Vinnitsa region.

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According to forecasts of the agency "AAA", the harvest of sugar beet in Ukraine will amount to 11- 11,1 million MT in 2015, which will facilitate production of about 1.4 - 1.45 million tons of sugar.

KAZAKHSTAN

In April 2015 prices for imported sugar have increased by 6.4% in Kazakhstan the Statistics Agency reports.

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