Russian and CIS sugar news, Jan 18, 2016

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RUSSIA

The auction for the sale of the company "Kuban Girey sugar (Girkubs)" will be held on February 5 at the electronic marketplace "Verdikt". The starting price of "Girkubs" is set to RUR 2.1 billion. The structure of a single lot includes land (RUR 80 million), buildings (RUR 128 mln), accounts receivable (RUR 306 million), transport equipment and other assets. In the last two seasons the company is rented to LLC "Giray-sugar", associated with the VKB holding, which is considered the main contender for the purchase of an asset.
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Bashkortostan Ministry of Agriculture reported that the republic plans to increase sugar beet production by 20 per cent in 2016 season.
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According to provisional figures of Ministry of Agriculture, Russia has harvested 37.6 million MT of sugar beet in 2015 (in 2014 – 33.5 million MT), from which will produce more than 5 million MT of beet sugar. In the period from January 1 to 15, 2016 the wholesale price of sugar has increased by 0.5%, retail (as of January 11) – by 0.5%.
 
UKRAINE

Losses of exporters of agricultural products may reach US$ 0.7 billion in the case of a total ban of transit of Ukrainian goods across the territory of the Russian Federation, said Anna Feshchenko, the expert from Ukrainian club of agrarian business (ASTP). Such prohibition forced by the Russian Federation can become critical for food exporters including those, trading with sugar and confectionery products.
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Investors from Azerbaijan are ready to invest up to US$ 30 million and by in the 2016 launch a company for the production of alternative fuels, such as bioethanol, on the basis of Veliko Zhovtnevy sugar factory.
KYRGYZSTAN

Kyrgyzstan reduces grain crops, substituting those with sugar beet, Minister of Agriculture Turdunazir Bekboev has told. According to the official, the area sown with sugar beet in the Chui and Talas regions will increase up to 15 thousand hectares.
BELARUS

According StatCom of Belarus, sugar production in the country has made 49.3 thousand MT in December 2015, which is 56.3% less than in December 2014. The industrial sugar production in the Republic of Belarus has made total 654.1 thousand tons in the entire of 2015, which is 12.1% less than in 2014 production season.

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