Beet sugar production in Ukraine at 75 thou. t so far 2021/22

As of 20 September, beet sugar production in Ukraine reached 74.9 thou. t. Sugar beet processing by the refineries on the reporting date stood at 629.8 thou. t, the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine (Ukrsugar) reports.

Plants operating in the 2021/22(September 2021-August 2022) sugar production season (by launch date):

1. 21 August – Panda (Selyshchansky Sugar Plant), Cherkasy region
2. 1 September – Gaisyn Sugar Plant of FC Zorya Podillya, Vinnytsya region
3. 3 September – Chervonsky Sugar Mill, Zhytomyr region
4. 5 September – Radekhiv Sugar (Khorostkiv Sugar Plant), Ternopil region
5. 7 September – Salyvonkivskyi Sugar Plant, Kyiv region
6. 10 September – Radekhiv Sugar (Khorostkiv Sugar Plant), Ternopil region
7. 13 September – Kryzhopil Sugar Refinery of FC Podillya, Vinnytsya region
8. 13 September – Zhdanivka Sugar Plant of Astarta-Kyiv, Vinnytsya region
9. 13 September – Starokostyantynivsugar, Khmelnytsky region
10. 16 September – Lannivsky Sugar Plant, Poltava region
11. 19 September – Yuzefo-Mykolaiv Agricultural and Industrial Company, Vinnytsya region

READ MORE: Ukrainian Sugar Market Overview 2020/21

The sugar beet area in Ukraine in the 2021 crop year is 227.14 thou. ha, in 2020 it was 209.01 thou. ha.

As of 16 September, sugar beet harvesting in Ukraine was 5% completed, the crop yielded 47.74 t/ha on average.

In the current production season, beet sugar output is projected by the Economy Ministry to reach 1.4 mln t, 30% above the previous season's outturn.