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RUSSIA
Farmers in Tambov region plan to produce 4.5 million tons of sugar beet this year, the regional administration reports.
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According to the Ministry of Agriculture figures dated March 27, 2017, sugar beet sowing campaign has started in Krasnodar region and in Chechen Republic, with 9.4 thousand hectares (5.1% to the forecast) and 0.1 thousand hectares (1.7% to the forecast) respectively already sown.
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According to the figures by Williams Brasil dated March 28, 2017, total 5 vessels have been nominated to carry 168150 mt of raw cane sugar in 2017 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 78000 mt from 2 vessels, based on Sugar.ru data.
UKRAINE
“ED&F Man Ukraine” has started sowing sugar beet, 400 hectares already planted, which is a tenth of the planned acreage.
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According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine data for February 2017, total 14.5 thousand tons of sugar confectionery were produced (+18.85% compared to the previous month and +9.85% by February 2016). The production of sugar confectionery amounted to 26.7 thousand tons from the beginning of the year (in 2016 – 26 thousand tons).
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