Beet sugar outturn 35% lower from previous season

As of November 20, beet sugar production in Ukraine reached 758 thou. t, 35% lower from the corresponding period in 2019/20.

Sugar beet processing by the refineries on the reporting date stood at 5.74 mln t, the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine (Ukrsugar) reports.

Plants operating in the 2020/21 sugar production season (by launch date):

1. Sep. 5 – Radekhiv Sugar (Radekhiv Sugar Plant), Lviv region;
2. Sep. 10 – Tsukragromprom, Yaresky Sugar Plant of Astarta-Kyiv, Poltava region;
3. Sep. 12 – Chervonsky Sugar Mill, Zhytomyr region;
4. Sep. 15 – Starokostyantynivsugar, Khmelnytsky region;
5. Sep. 16 – Radekhiv Sugar (Khorostkiv Sugar Plant), Ternopil region;
6. Sep. 19 – Zhdanivka Sugar Plant of Astarta-Kyiv, Vinnytsya region;
7. Sep. 19 – Horodyshche-Pustovarivskyi Sugar Plant of Gals Agro, Kyiv region;
8. Sep. 20 – Yuzefo-Mykolaiv Agricultural and Industrial Company, Vinnytsya region;
9. Sep. 20 – Salyvonkivskyi Sugar Plant, Kyiv region;
10. Sep. 23 – Lynovytsky Krasny Integrated Sugar refinery, Chernihiv region;
11. Sep. 23 – Shepetivskyi Sugar Mill of A'SPIK GROUP, Khmelnytsky region;
12. Sep. 25 – Gnidava Sugar Plant, Volyn region;
13. Sep. 26 – Radekhiv Sugar (Chortkiv Sugar Producing Plant), Ternopil region;
14. Sep. 26 – Shamraivsky Sugar Plant, Kyiv region;
15. Sep. 27 – Teofipol Sugar Plant of Ukraine-2001, Khmelnytsky region;
16. Oct. 3 – Panda (Selyshchansky Sugar Plant), Cherkasy region;
17. Oct. 6 – Lannivsky Sugar Plant, Poltava region;
18. Oct. 10 – Novoorzhytskiy Sugar Plant of Astarta-Kyiv, Poltava region;
19. Oct. 10 – Pervukhinsky Sugar Refinery, Kharkiv region;
20. Oct. 10 – Illinetsky Tsykrovy Zavod, Vinnytsya region;
21. Oct. 10 – Oleksandriiskyi Sugar Plant of AgroVista, Kirovohrad region;
22. Oct. 11 – Gaisyn Sugar Plant of FC Zorya Podillya, Vinnytsya region;
23. Oct. 11 – Cygnet Centr of Cygnet Agrocompany, Zhytomyr region;
24. Oct. 13 – Tomashpil Sugar Plant of FC Zorya Podillya, Vinnytsya region;
25. Oct. 13 – Narkevitskiy Sugar Plant of Astarta-Kyiv, Khmelnytsky region;
26. Oct. 14 – Zhurivka Sugar Refining Mill Kraevyd, Kyiv region;
27. Oct. 15 – Kryzhopil Sugar Refinery of FC Podillya, Vinnytsya region;
28. Oct. 15 – Novomyrhorod Sugar (Kapitanivka Sugar Plant) of I&U Group, Kirovohrad region;
29. Oct. 16 – Tsukoragroprom (Globyno Sugar Plant) of Astarta-Kyiv, Poltava region;
30. Oct. 28 – Pryzma-14 (Kashperivka Sugar Refinery), Kyiv region.

On September 8, Marianivskyi Sugar Plant, a subsidiary of Agro-Express-Service, started sugar production.

Under the data of the Sowing Online 2019/20 project, sugar beet area in Ukraine in 2020 totals 209.01 thou. ha.

Sugar production in 2020/21 is projected by Ukrsugar experts at 1.2-1.3 mln t, 15% less YoY. However, this volume satisfies domestic demand. Sugar carryovers at the beginning of 2020/21 were estimated at 60-70 thou. t at processing enterprises and 40-50 thou. t at wholesale and retail trade facilities.

This year, 33 sugar plants should start the production season, which is 2 more than last year.

Sugar export shipment in the period of Jan-Sep 2020 reached 98.05 thou. t for the amount of USD 36.9 mln.