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RUSSIA
According to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, sugar beet was harvested from an area of 296,300 hectares (29% of total acreage); collected total 12.0 million tons with average yield of 40.52 MT/ha, as of September 18, 2015. Total number of plans operating on bet make 65; total volume processed has reached 6,733,200 tons with 914 100 tons of white sugar produced.
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Wholesale price of sugar has decreased by 1.7%; retail price has decreased by 0.1% during a week September 1-7, 2015.
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The national volume of sugar production has amounted to 638.9 thousand tons in the period January- July 2015, which is 21.5% less than the same period in 2014. The volume of imports of white sugar in January-June 2015 is lower by 24.5% than in the same period of 2014, according to the Federal Customs Service of Russia and the National Statistics Committee.
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According to the local Agriculture department of Stavropol region, sugar beet was harvested in the area of 14.0 thousand hectares (or 44.7% of the plan) by 18 September 2015; bulk harvest makes 664,900 tons with an average yield of 47.49 MT/ha. "Stavropolsahar" JSC (Izobilnensky sugar plant) has received 206,300 tons of sugar beet including 189,700 tons processed by report date. Sucrose content makes 14.9% from the beginning of harvesting season.
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Farmers in Bashkortostan have harvested sugar beet from the area of 11 208 hectares by September 18, with an average yield of 24.8 MT/ha the volume of beet collected has made 277,400 tons.
UKRAINE
Sugar beet was harvested from total 14 thousand hectares (6%) by September 18. The bulk harvest collected makes 540,000 tons with average yield of 37.4 MT/ha, according to the Ministry of Agrarian
BELARUS
According to the National Statistics Committee, by the end of 7 calendar months (January-July 2015), the total volume of sugar exports from the Republic of Belarus to Kazakhstan has made 29,960 tons; to Russia – 184,600 tons.
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Sugar beet was harvested from an area of 21,600 hectares (21.6% of total due) by September 21, 2015. Total volume harvested has made 576,700 tons with an average yield of 26.74 MT/ha. The content of sucrose in beet makes 17.6%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Belarus.
KYRGYZSTAN
Prime Minister Temir Sariyev has announced plans to abolish sales tax in Kyrgyzstan.
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