Export of sugar from the Russian Federation has decreased by 56.7% since the beginning of the agricultural year

Published Feb 24, 2021

Tridge summary

Russia has seen a significant increase in sugar exports, with over half of the exports going to Moscow, Krasnodar Territory, and Lipetsk region. The country has exported 192 thousand tons of white sugar, which is 78.5% of the foreign sugar supplies, mainly to the former USSR countries Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan. Raw sugar exports were predominantly to Kazakhstan. Sugar exports for the week of February 1 to February 7 increased by 16.6% compared to the previous week. Despite this, the total sugar production for the month of January 11 to February 7 decreased by 31%. Russia has produced 5 million tons of sugar from the 2020 sugar beet harvest, with an expected sugar production of 5.2 million tons for the 2020-2021 season, a decrease from 7.9 million tons the previous year. The total area under sugar beet is expected to increase by 14.4% in 2021, reaching 1.06 million hectares.
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Original content

According to them, more than half (52.4%, or 128.2 thousand tons) of products shipped from the country accounted for Moscow (85.7 thousand tons), Krasnodar Territory (24.3 thousand tons) and Lipetsk region ( 18.2 thousand tons). Basically, white sugar is exported from Russia: in the current season, as of February 7, 192 thousand tons were exported, which is 78.5% of foreign sugar supplies. The main importers of white sugar were the countries of the former USSR: Uzbekistan (57.7 thousand tons), Kazakhstan (51.5 thousand tons), Ukraine (34.9 thousand tons) and Azerbaijan (14.9 thousand tons). which accounted for 82.8% of white sugar, or 159 thousand tons. Raw sugar was exported 52.5 thousand tons, more than 90% of products were exported to Kazakhstan (48 thousand tons). The center also reported that sugar exports from Russia for the week from February 1 to February 7, compared with the previous week, increased by 16.6% and amounted to 2.7 thousand tons. A significant amount of sugar ...
Source: Agrovesti

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