Ukraine competes for sugar markets with Brazil and Russia

Full-scale war has forced sugar producers to radically change their export directions. In an interview, Yana Kavushevska, head of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine "Ukrtsukor," shared this information. "Before the war, the main export markets for Ukrainian sugar were the countries of Central Asia—Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan... Now, due to significant price increases and logistical difficulties, these markets are practically lost to us. The place of Ukrainian sugar in them has been taken by Russian sugar; there are announcements of projects to build their own processing facilities, particularly in Kazakhstan," she noted. In 2022, Ukrainian sugar reoriented itself to the EU, and in 2023-24, the list of export destinations expanded significantly. Last year, Ukrainian sugar went to more than 60 countries. Some of them are complete exotics. For example, Sri Lanka. Traditionally, this country buys sugar from India, but since India temporarily closed exports, ...