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RUSSIA
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, sugar beet was sown on an area of 207.5 thousand hectares or 18.4% of the forecast as of April 6, 2017 (in 2016 - 92.3 thousand hectares).
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According to the rail cargo statistics of Sugar.Ru, Russia imported 66.8 thousand tons of white sugar by rail in three months of 2017 (in 2016 - 72.4 thousand tons in 2015- 64.4 thousand tons). Excluding minor supplies of European sugar to Kaliningrad region, Belarus has supplied 97% of the remaining sugar to Russia.
UKRAINE
According to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, in 3 months (January - March) of 2017 the import of sugar (HS code 1701) has made 478 tons for total US$ 376 thousand; exports - 267,403 tons for $ 131,471 thousand. Import of other sugars (HS code 1702) amounted to 3,040 tons, exports - 10,451 tons. The maximum import of sugar came from Denmark (22.81%), the maximum volume was exported to Cote d'Ivoire (12.32%)
Export and import of Ukraine for 3 months of 2017
|
Commodity |
Import |
Exports |
Balance |
||
|
1000 USD |
MT |
1000 USD |
MT |
||
|
Sugar |
376 |
478 |
131 471 |
267 403 |
131 095 |
|
Other sugars |
2 304 |
3 040 |
3 418 |
10 451 |
1 114 |
|
Molasses |
5 |
9 |
2 534 |
29 606 |
2 529 |
|
Confectionery from sugar |
6 575 |
1 930 |
23 859 |
17 315 |
17 284 |
|
Water with sugar |
1 919 |
2 281 |
7 351 |
21 470 |
5 432 |
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