Sugar exports and imports of Ukraine in 8 months of 2017 and some other news, Oct 30, 2017

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RUSSIA

As of October 30, 2017, the six Lipetsk regional sugar refineries have processed more than 2.4 million tons of beets with 344,000 tons of sugar produced, the regional administration informed.

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According to the Ministry of Agriculture, on October 27, 2017, sugar beet as in the country was harvested from the area of 990.0 thousand hectares or 84.2% of total crop acreage (in 2016 - 882.0 thousand hectares).

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Perelyshinsky sugar plant (owned by Prodimex GC, Voronezh region), following the modernization, has reached the DC on beet of 6 thousand tons, Andrey Tkachev, executive director of the plant, has told.

KAZAKHSTAN

According to the analysis of Statkom of Kazakhstan, conducted by Sugar.Ru, production of sugar and molasses decreased by 42.19% in September 2017 and has made 15567.0 tons (in September 2016 - 27449.0 tons, in September 2015 - 48325.0 tons). Total 242182 tons of sugar and molasses have been produced since the beginning of 2017 (since the beginning of 2016 - 339290 tons).

UKRAINE

By October 25, sugar beet was harvested from the area of 213 thousand hectares or 67% of total crop acreage (planned – 318 thousand hectares); bulk harvest makes 9.3 million tons with an average yield of 43.5 MT/ha (in 2016 – 46.8 MT/ha). A volume of 7.6 million tons was delivered to processing facilities, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of the country reports.

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According to the analysis of data by the Federal Customs Service of Ukraine, conducted by Sugar.Ru, in 8 months (January - August) 2017 export of white sugar (HS code 170199) made total 425 837 MT, in August only - 18 275 MT. Major importers of refined sugar from Ukraine are: Sri-Lanka (42 000 MT), Libya (37 000 MT), Turkey (34 000 MT) and Cote-d’Ivoire (34 000 MT).Export of other sugars (HS code 1702) made total 33 104 MT, in August only - 3 381 MT.  The largest importer of other sugars from Ukraine is Russia (12 000 MT).

Export and import of Ukraine in 8 months 2017 by main countries

HS code

Good/Country

Export

Import

Weight
(MT)

Value
(thousand $)

Weight
(MT)

Value
(thousand $)

120910

SEEDS OF SUGAR BEET (TOTAL)

9

267

602

12 912

Belgium

35

343

Italy

42

831

Germany

421

9 348

France

104

2 390

170199

WHITE SUGAR (TOTAL)

425 837

209 262

936

491

Denmark

260

207

Poland

3 174

1 696

66

38

Sweden

50

77

Myanmar

25 976

12 889

Turkey

34 432

16 941

Sri Lanka

41 626

20 600

Cote d'Ivoire

34 520

16 199

Libya

37 640

19 030

Sudan

27 524

13 430

Togo

25 000

12 073

USA

12

9

410

1

1702

OTHER SUGARS (TOTAL)

33 104

11 205

8 213

6 897

Belarus

3 322

1 094

Russian Federation

12 182

3 396

758

319

Lithuania

1 498

482

665

282

Germany

2

2

620

1 000

Poland

1 170

417

484

259

Romania

1 681

634

France

564

584

China

3 319

1 925

Nigeria

7 488

2 992

1703

MOLASSES (TOTAL)

54 662

4 962

12

9

Spain

5 775

501

Poland

7 022

569

9

5

Hungary

18 758

1 914

Taiwan

22 928

1 958

1704

SUGAR CONFECTIONERY (TOTAL)

51 283

71 713

6 969

19 593

2202

WATER WITH SUGAR (TOTAL)

84 490

29 304

7 202

5 905

230320

BEET PULP (TOTAL)

36 978

4 983

12

5

Denmark

2 779

414

Spain

9 451

1 204

Poland

9 314

992

Sweden

3 000

448

Vietnam

12

5

Korea, Republic

9 110

1 425

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