Ukraine has a significant share of sugar imports to the EU — more than 35%

Published 2024년 11월 11일

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The article highlights the insights of Yana Kavushevska, the acting chairman of the Ukrainian National Technical University 'Ukrtsukor', who discusses the dynamics of sugar imports in the European Union (EU) during the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 marketing years. She notes a decrease in EU sugar imports from over 2.5 million tons in 2022/2023 to 1.44 million tons in 2023/2024, attributing this to an increase in the EU's own production. Kavushevska points out that Ukraine is among the major sugar suppliers to the EU, alongside Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and South Africa. She stresses Ukraine's interest in competing against other exporters rather than local EU producers and brings attention to the need for addressing decarbonization and pesticide use issues in the context of international sugar trade, suggesting that these concerns should be applied equally to all suppliers, including Brazil, to address environmental and planetary threats.

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This was told in an interview with AgroPortal.ua by Acting Yana Kavushevska, chairman of the board of the Ukrainian National Technical University "Ukrtsukor". "If we take into account the 2022/2023 marketing year (in the EU, it is counted from October 1, 2022 to October 1, 2023, while in Ukraine - from September 1 to September 1. - Ed.), then on the territory of the countries the European Commonwealth imported more than 2.5 million tons of sugar from all directions, and already in 2023/2024, the Europeans increased their own production, and imports decreased to 1.44 million tons," she states. At the same time, Yana Kavushevska emphasizes that the EU imports sugar not only from Ukraine. Among the largest suppliers of sugar to the EU are Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and South Africa. "In our conversations with our European colleagues, we emphasize that, first of all, we want to compete not with local producers, but with other exporters whose sugar the EU imports. ...

Source: AgroPortal.ua