Sugar beet sowing in Russia as of Jun 05, and in Kazakhstan as of Jun 06, and sugar exports/imports data from Ukreine for May, 2018

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RUSSIA

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, as of Jun 05, 2018, sugar beet was sown on an area of 1135.3 thousand hectares or 103.6% of the forecast (in 2017 – 1174.0 thousand hectares).

Sowing of sugar beet in Russia on Jun 05, 2018, 1000 ha

Region

Forecast

2018 

               Actually sown

2018

% of

total

2017

2018 vs.

2017 (%)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

1095,4

1135,3

103,6

1179,3

-44,0

Central Federal District

587,1

605,9

103,2

645,7

-39,8

Belgorod region

67,2

60,0

89,3

73,7

-13,7

Bryansk region

4,7

5,0

107,5

4,6

0,4

Voronezh region

120,0

128,6

107,2

131,3

-2,7

Kursk Region

100,0

110,9

110,9

115,0

-4,1

Lipetsk region

134,2

129,2

96,3

125,4

3,8

Oryol Region

40,0

54,2

135,5

58,7

-4,5

Ryazan Oblast

7,5

6,1

81,3

7,5

-1,4

Tambov Region

104,0

105,4

101,3

117,8

-12,4

Tula region

9,5

6,5

68,1

11,7

-5,2

Southern Federal District

201,0

227,3

113,1

224,6

2,7

Krasnodar region

180,0

202,4

112,4

199,7

2,7

Volgograd region

2,0

2,9

145,0

2,4

0,5

Rostov region

19,0

22,0

115,8

22,5

-0,5

North-Caucasian Federal District

44,9

41,7

92,9

48,6

-6,9

Karachay-Cherkessia Republic

3,9

2,9

74,4

6,2

-3,3

Chechen Republic

6,0

3,8

63,3

4,3

-0,5

Stavropol region

35,0

35,0

100,0

38,1

-3,1

Volga Federal District

239,3

237,0

99,0

237,4

-0,4

Republic of Bashkortostan

45,0

45,4

101,0

51,1

-5,7

The Republic of Mordovia

23,0

23,0

100,0

24,0

-1,0

Republic of Tatarstan

70,0

73,0

104,3

72,2

0,8

Chuvash Republic

1,5

1,0

66,7

1,4

-0,4

Nizhny Novgorod Region

12,0

11,6

96,7

12,8

-1,2

Orenburg region

0,8

1,0

125,0

0,8

0,2

Penza region

60,0

60,0

100,0

53,6

6,4

Saratov region

11,8

10,0

84,7

8,9

1,1

Ulyanovsk region

15,2

11,9

78,3

12,6

-0,7

Siberian Federal District

23,0

23,4

101,7

23,0

0,4

Altai region

23,0

23,4

101,7

23,0

0,4

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In May 2018 consumer prices for refined sugar in Russia increased by 5.7% (by April 2018), and in annual terms (by May 2017) - decreased by 7.7%, according to Rosstat.

KAZAKHSTAN

Sowing of sugar beet in Kazakhstan on Jun 06, 2018

Region

Sugar beet acreage, 1000 ha

planned

Done

%

2017

2018

2017

2018

2017

2018

Alamty

9,0

11,2

9,0

11,2

100

100

Jambyl

9,0

10,2

8,5

8,2

94,4

80,3

N-Kaxakh

1,0

Country total

19,0

21,4

17,5

19,4

92,1

90,6

Ukraine

Farmers in Cherkasy region has finished the sowing of sugar beets on an area of 15.4 thousand hectares, the regional administration reports

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According to the analysis of figures by State Fiscal Service of Ukraine made by Sugar.Ru, sugar exports amounted to 205,900 tons in May, 2018. Since the beginning of the year (January-May 2018) the export of sugar has made 259,852 tons (387,973 tons in January-May 2017). The main importers of the Ukrainian sugar for 5 months was Uzbekistan (48% in monetary terms), Turkey (15%) (Great Britain 8%). In January-May 2018, Ukraine imported 15,515 tons of molasses (HS code 1703) and exported 19,510 tons.

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