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RUSSIA
Agribusiness Department of Belgorod region reports that 70 186 hectares (or 89% of planned was sown with sugar beet by May 10. In Tambov region, farmers have planted 84 480 hectares by May 8, which makes 79% of the plan, according to regional Department of Agriculture.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture sugar beet was sown on an area of Total 852.0 thousand ha or 80.4% of the forecast as of May 6, 2016 (in 2015 - 826.6 thousand ha.).
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In April of 2016 consumer prices for sugar in Russia have decreased by 2% (from March values), according to Rosstat. From the beginning of the year (vs. December 2015) the growth of consumer prices for sugar in the country has made 2.7%. The wholesale price of sugar increased by 0.2%, retail price - decreased by 0.3%, from April 26 to May 4, 2016, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
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"Rusagro" Group has launched a project on manufacture of sugar beet seeds in Belgorod region.
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According to the figures by Williams Brasil dated May 10, 2016, total 18 vessels have been nominated to carry 615400 MT of raw cane sugar in 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 279800 MT from 8 vessels, based on Sugar.ru data.
UKRAINE
The State Agency of Ukrainian Reserve has concluded an agreement on April 29 for the supply of sugar for the total value of UAH 31,540,000.
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By May 6 sugar beet was sown on an area of 283 thousand hectares in the country, or 101% of the forecast (in 2015 - 233 thousand hectares), according to Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
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According to the operative data by NASU "Ukrtsukor" the Ukrainian export of beet sugar amounted to 961 tons in April 2016.
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According to the State Statistics Service, consumer prices for sugar in the country decreased by 2.7% in April 2016, from the beginning of the year - by 2.7%.
KAZAKHSTAN
Myrzahmetov Askar Isabekovich was appointed new Minister of Agriculture.
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According to the Ministry of Agriculture, 9600 hectares were planted with sugar beet in Kazakhstan by 6 May 2016 (77.2% of the plan).
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