17 December 2018, 07:35,
Processing
Mills in Ukraine processed 12 mln t of sugar beet
As of December 13, 2018, mills in Ukraine processed 11.81 million tons of sugar beet.
The National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine (Ukrsugar) informs that 1.59 million tons of sugar were produced by the reporting date.
Learn more: TOP 10 sugar enterprises-exporters in 2017/18
The Ukrsugar experts reduced the forecast of sugar production in MY2018/19 (September 2018–August 2019) to 1.7 million tons from 2 million tons, due to the low sugar content of sugar beet.
Sugar production season started 40 enterprises.