Sugar production in Ukraine reached 1.5 MT

In Ukraine, since the beginning of MY 2017/18, as of November 20, agrarians produced 1.49 million tons of sugar.

National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine (Ukrsugar) informs that the volume of sugar beet processing amounted to 10.53 million tons.

Earlier it was reported that in Ukraine sugar beet harvesting is carried out on 92% of the area. Vasiliy Dolinsky, the analyst of commodity markets and agriculture of the NASPU Uksugar, noted that the sugar beet harvesting campaign this year is faster, since on the same date last year volumes of harvested sugar beet were 6% less.

A total of 13.05 million tons of sugar beet was harvested, with the average productivity of 45.2 tons/ha. The sugar beet yield has decreased by 2.6 t/ha (or 5%) in comparison to the last year's results.