Sugar producers in Russia may again be required to fix prices

The Ministry of Agriculture has warned the largest sugar producers about the risk of a new agreement that limits the price of this product. Such a development of the situation is possible if in the first quarter of 2023 the level of the wholesale cost of this product will be higher than 50–53 rubles. for 1 kg. This was announced on December 26 by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut at a meeting. Vedomosti was told about this by two of its participants. According to them, it was attended, in particular, by the companies Prodimex (brands Naturiqa, Prodimex), Rusagro (Russian Sugar, Chaikofsky), Dominant, JSC Kristall, Agrocomplex im. N. I. Tkacheva. The reason for the meeting was the sharp rise in the wholesale price of sugar from 19 to 25 December. Loot reported a 10-15% increase in the price of this product, depending on the manufacturer and region, participants in the meeting relay her words. Viktor Aleksakhin, General Director of Prodimex, explains this, among other ...