Russian and CIS sugar news, May 18, 2016

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RUSSIA

According to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Russia has sown sugar beet on an area of 1,042,100 hectares by May 17, 2016, or 98.3% of the forecast (in 2015 the progress was 962.1 thousand hectares).

Sugar beet sowing campaign in Russia, update as of May 18, 2016

Region

2016 forecast,
1000 ha

Actually sown
1000 ha

2016

% of
planned

2015

2016 vs.
2015,  +/-

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

1059,9

1042,1

98,3

962,1

80,0

Central Fed. county

590,7

581,2

98,4

557,9

23,3

Belgorod region

81,2

79,0

97,3

71,9

7,1

Bryansk region

4,4

4,5

102,3

4,0

0,5

Voronezh region

110,5

112,4

101,7

112,4

0,0

Kursk region

100,0

106,1

106,1

100,0

6,1

Lipetsk region

115,6

112,4

97,2

103,0

9,4

Orel region

56,7

56,1

98,9

53,5

2,6

Ryazan region

6,6

6,8

103,8

6,5

0,3

Tambov region

106,8

95,4

89,3

98,7

-3,3

Tula region

8,9

8,5

95,5

7,9

0,6

Southern Fed. county

180,4

198,0

109,8

170,6

27,4

Krasnodar region

162,9

180,8

111,0

152,9

27,9

Rostov region

17,5

17,2

98,3

17,7

-0,5

North-Caucasian fed. county

44,1

42,4

96,3

42,8

-0,4

Karachay-Cherkess Rep.

9,2

4,4

48,1

5,8

-1,4

Chechen Republic

5,5

4,0

72,7

3,6

0,4

Stavropol region

29,4

34,0

115,6

33,4

0,6

Volga Fed. county

221,6

198,3

89,5

169,9

28,4

Republic of Bashkortostan

50,1

46,7

93,2

22,0

24,7

Republic of Mordovia

24,8

23,2

93,5

24,6

-1,4

Republic of Tatarstan

62,2

61,4

98,7

56,0

5,4

Chuvash Republic

1,1

1,0

90,9

0,6

0,4

Nizhny Novgorod region

10,6

3,4

32,1

2,8

0,6

Penza region

51,5

45,3

88,0

44,7

0,6

Saratov region

8,7

7,2

82,8

7,8

-0,6

Ulyanovsk region

12,6

10,1

80,2

11,1

-1,0

Siberian Fed. county

23,1

22,2

96,1

20,9

1,3

Altai region

23,1

22,2

96,1

20,9

1,3

 

UKRAINE

According to the State Statistics Service, the average price for white sugar by producers decreased by UAH 185.02 and has made UAH 11 250.38 per ton in April 2016 (RUR 28 752.7/MT at current rate of the Central Bank of Russia).

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ED&F Man Ukraine plans to invest another US$ 10 million in a sugar factory equipment at plant acquired in 2007 in Nikolayev region and expand its land bank for cultivation of sugar beet to 45-50 thousand hectares.

BELARUS

According statistic committee of Belarus, the average consumer price of sugar makes 15 290 Bel. rubles per 1 kg in April 2016 (around RUR 51.50/kg at current rate of the Central Bank of Russia).

KAZAKHSTAN

The country has planted 10 400 ha with sugar beet (84.1% of the plan) by May 18, 2016. In Almaty region the acreage seeded made 6 400 hectares (100.4% of the plan); in Zhambyl – 4 000 hectares thousand hectares.

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According statistic committee of Kazakhstan, the national production of sugar and molasses decreased by 10.56% in April 2016 and made 34 687 tons (in 2015 – 3 454 tons, in 2014 – 45 423 tons). From the beginning of 2016 the volume of sugar and molasses produced has reached 130 707 tons.

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