Sugar news from Russia, Ukraine and Khazakhstan, Mar 02, 2016

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RUSSIA

Kirsanovsky sugar plant "Crystal" has manufactured more than 100 thousand tons of sugar in the production season for the first time in history.

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The Committee on Agrarian and Food Policy at the Federation Council has endorsed the concept of the resolution on the excise taxation of potato chips and carbonated water with high content of sugar.

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According to the figures by Williams Brasil dated March 2, 2016, total 51 vessels have been nominated to carry 1679800 MT of raw cane sugar in 2015/2016 season from Brazilian seaports to the Black/Baltic seaports with end-receivers in CIS, Georgia and Baltic states. As of today, the volume received and unloaded makes 1458800 MT from 45 vessels, based on Sugar.ru data.

UKRAINE

An emergency meeting of the representatives of the district public management was held in Kagarlyk (Kiev region), where representatives of the population had opposed the elimination of the sugar factory, which was recognized a bankrupt back in 2013.

KAZAKHSTAN

According to the data by the Statistics Agency, the prices for sugar from manufacturers have increased by 5.1% in February 2016; and from the beginning of the year by 6.4%.

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