Between Brussels and Kiev: Sugar imports and threats to sugar beet cultivation in Poland

Sugar Beet

Vegetables

Published Mar 13, 2024

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Poland's sugar beet production hit a record high of 2.34 million tons in the 2023/2024 season, despite a challenging year, due to an expanded cultivation area. However, sugar prices in the country fell by 12% between October and December. There are also concerns about the potential influx of Ukrainian sugar into the EU market due to the liberalization of EU trade with Ukraine. Additionally, the first quarter of the current marketing year saw about 200,000 people entering the Community, raising concerns about the potential threat to the market, which has a volume of 800,000.

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At the beginning, our expert reminds us that last season was very difficult in terms of sugar beet cultivation. The sown area increased, but the sugar yield and polarization were lower than in the previous year. Sugar beet production in Poland in the 2023/2024 season - Difficult, long emergence, water shortage at a time when beets needed it very much. Winter, which came in November, made the work of farmers difficult. However, in terms of sugar production, it was a record year. We produced two million three hundred and forty thousand tons, mainly due to the increased cultivation area, which amounted to 265,000 hectares. The average beet yield was nearly 64 t/ha, with very large yield differences between individual regions, says Rafał Strachota. As an example, he mentions that in the Kruszwica Sugar Plant area the yields exceeded 50 t/ha, and in the Cerekiew Sugar Plant area - 80 t/ha. Polarization was low, less than 16%, and beets were cultivated by over 26,000 people. growers. ...

Source: Farmer.pl