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RUSSIA
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, on October 26, 2017, sugar beet was harvested from an area of 975.6 thousand hectares or 82,9% of total crop acreage in Russia (in 2016 – 882.0 thousand hectares).
BELARUS
As of October 27, 2017, sugar beet was harvested from an area of 76.7 thousand hectares or 78.5% of the area sown (in 2016 - 74.8 thousand hectares), the Ministry of Agriculture of Belarus informs. Bulk harvest makes 3685.9 thousand tons (in 2016 - 3228.5 thousand tons) of beets, with an average yield of 48.06 MT/ha (in 2016 – 43.14 MT/ha).
Sugar beet harvesting campaign in Belarus, update October 27, 2017
|
Description |
Belarus TOTAL |
Brest |
Grodno |
Minsk |
Mogilev |
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|
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
|
|
Crop acreage to be harvested 1000 ha |
97.8 |
20 |
33.3 |
38.1 |
6.3 |
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|
Acreage harvested, 1000 ha |
76.7 |
74.8 |
15.1 |
16.3 |
27.2 |
24.9 |
28.8 |
29.5 |
5.51 |
4.1 |
|
of total acreage, % |
78.5 |
79.3 |
75.5 |
84.2 |
81.6 |
76.1 |
75.8 |
78 |
87 |
92.4 |
|
Bulk harvest of sugar beet, 1000 MT |
3685.9 |
3228.5 |
696 |
673.6 |
1390.5 |
1244.1 |
1400.4 |
1164.8 |
198.9 |
146 |
|
Field yield, 0.1 MT / ha |
480.6 |
431.4 |
460.1 |
412.4 |
511.2 |
499.9 |
485.4 |
394.7 |
360.9 |
356.1 |
|
Delivered to sugar beet points, 1000 MT |
3015.7 |
2827.2 |
611.5 |
623.9 |
1177.1 |
1110.8 |
1094.4 |
982 |
132.7 |
110.5 |
|
of scheduled, % |
104.5 |
99.4 |
104.5 |
100.2 |
101 |
98.7 |
105.2 |
97.9 |
138.7 |
117.5 |
|
of harvested, % |
81.8 |
87.6 |
87.9 |
92.6 |
84.7 |
89.3 |
78.2 |
84.3 |
66.7 |
75.7 |
|
Sucrose content, % |
16.11 |
17.3 |
15.93 |
16.94 |
15.92 |
16.66 |
16.38 |
18.14 |
16.4 |
18.4 |
|
Sold against state order, 1000 MT |
1813.9 |
2047.4 |
387.2 |
426.3 |
661.4 |
780 |
707.5 |
766.1 |
57.8 |
75 |
|
Of total order, % |
87 |
98.2 |
90 |
99.1 |
84.8 |
100 |
88.4 |
95.8 |
77 |
100 |
UKRAINE
As of October 26, a volume of 874.3 thousand tons of sugar was produced out of 6.37 million tons of sugar beet processed at 40 sugar factories operating on report date, Ukrtsukor reported.
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According to Statkom of Ukraine, wholesale price of sugar from producers decreased by 3.86% in September 2017 and has made 12253.8 UAH/MT (in September 2016 - 11042.5 UAH/MT). Russian rouble equivalent price (at the exchange rate of the Russian Central Bank for the middle of the reporting month) has decreased by 9.06% in September 2017 and has made 27052.9 RUB/MT (in September 2016 - 27275.1 RUB/MT). USD equivalent price (at the exchange rate of the Russian Central Bank for the middle of the reporting month) has decreased by 5.87% in September 2017 and has made 468.3 USD/MT (in September 2016 - 419.8 USD/MT).
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