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RUSSIA
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, as of October 20, 2017, sugar beet was harvested from an area of 858 thousand hectares or 72.9% of total crop acreage in Russia (in 2016 – 741.3 thousand hectares).
KYRGYZSTAN
According to Statkom of Kyrgyzstan, sugar production increased by 12991.19% in September 2017 and amounted to 5053.2 tons (in September 2016 - 5405.5 tons, in September 2015 - 29.4 tons). Total 37242 tons of sugar has been produced since the beginning of 2017 (since the beginning of 2016 - 32279 tons).
- Sugar imports in January – August 2017 has made 30 900 MT.
- Sugar beet harvest in January – September has made 48 200 MT.
UKRAINE
As of October 20, 2017, sugar beet was harvested from the area of 186 000 ha or 59% of total average (planned total – 318 000 hectares), with 8.0 million tons of beets collected at an average yield of 43.2 MT/ha, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of the country.
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Sales of sugar by "Astarta" have increased by 14% to 109.9 thousand tons in July-September 2017. In 2016/2017 marketing year (MY = September - August), Astarta owned sugar plants have increased sugar production by 42% compared to 2015/2016 MY to reach total 505 thousand tons. In 2016, the company exported a record volume of sugar - over 186 thousand tons. The sugar beet harvest has increased by 37%, to make 2.6 million tons.
BELARUS
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has instructed the agrarians to complete harvesting of sugar beets by November 7, 2017.
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