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RUSSIA
According to Rosstat, the volume of sugar sale by large and medium wholesale organizations decreased to 109,156.69 tons in July 2017 (- 66.34% against the previous month and - 47.76% from the beginning of the year). The stocks of sugar in wholesale trade decreased to 85,865.21 tons in July 2017 (-23.13% compared to the previous month; +74.59% for 12 months; and -18.05% from the beginning of the year).
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According to the Ministry of Agriculture report date August 24, 2017, sugar beet in the country was harvested from an area of 58.8 thousand hectares or 4.9% of the sown area (in 2016 - 56.7 thousand hectares). In Saratov region, the first 100 hectares of sugar beet was harvested with 3,500 tons of beet collected at average yield of 35,0 MT/ha, the Ministry of Agriculture reports. In Voronezh region, the average yield is 31.36 MT/ha, four sugar plants – Elan-Kolenovsky, Kalacheevsky, Liskinsky, Olkhovatsky – have been launched.
KYRGYZSTAN
In 2017 the sugar beet was sown at 17.5 thousand hectares, 109.4% of the forecast and 6.2 thousand hectares more than last year. The modernization of the plants "Koshoi" and "Kaindy-Kant", which is planned for completion by October 1, 2017, is being carried out. According to ex-Prime Minister Sooronbay Jeenbekov, after modernization of these two plants, the country will be able to provide itself with its own sugar. Enterprises received preferential loans for a total of $ 15.5 million at a rate of 4% per annum.
UKRAINE
According to Gosstat, 15.5 thousand tons of sugar confectionery was produced in July 2017 (+3.33% compared to the previous month and -9.36% as of July 2016). The production of sugar confectionery products since the beginning of the year amounted to 100.1 thousand tons (in 2016 - 103.7 thousand tons).
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