Sugar exports from Russia may increase by 6% by the end of the season

It is expected that it will exceed 330 thousand tons According to the results of the current season (from August 2022 to July 2023), sugar exports from Russia may exceed 330 thousand tons, which is 6% more than the indicator of the previous marketing year (317 thousand tons). This was stated by the leading expert of the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR) Evgeny Ivanov. According to him, in the current season, sugar exports amount to about 30,000 tons per month. The main importers of Russian sugar are Kazakhstan and the countries of the Asian territory of the former USSR, as well as Belarus, Moldova, Afghanistan, Iran, Mongolia and North Korea. At the same time, the analyst considers logistics issues to be a deterrent for increasing the export of sugar and other highly processed products. Ivanov also noted that the Serbian market is open to Russian goods. Chairman of the Board of Soyuzrossahar Andrey Bodin said earlier that sugar production in Russia this season will ...