Krasnodar Territory becomes the Russian leader in sowing sugar beets 2020

Published Jun 11, 2020

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In May, Russia set a new record for white sugar exports, reaching 127.9 thousand tons, an 17.0% increase from April. The country has also planted 930.5 thousand hectares of sugar beets, 98.5% of the forecast, and has produced 783.4 thousand tons of white sugar in the first four months of 2020, surpassing previous years' production. The majority of the sugar was exported from the Krasnodar Territory and the Black Earth regions. From May, exports to Uzbekistan increased significantly, while exports of raw sugar almost stopped. Imports of sugar into Russia have decreased by 61.3% for the 2019/20 season, with the majority of the imported sugar delivered to St. Petersburg and Moscow.

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In May, the record for the export of Russian white sugar was renewed again and amounted to 127.9 thousand tons, which is 17.0% higher than in April. Specialists of the Center for Agroanalytics FSBI tell about the current situation in the sugar and sugar beet market in their June 5 report. 2020 year. According to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, by the beginning of June, sugar beet planting was carried out on an area of 930.5 thousand ha, which is 98.5% of the forecast and 81.3% of the crops in 2019 on the same date. In the Southern, Central and North Caucasian Federal Districts, the sowing plan was fully implemented, in the Siberian and Volga Federal Districts - by 94.0% and 89.6%, respectively. The leaders in sowing sugar beets at the monitoring date were Krasnodar Territory (173.2 thousand ha), Voronezh (115.1 thousand ha), Lipetsk (101.7 thousand ha), Tambov (94.6 thousand ha), and Kursk (88.8 thousand ha) regions, which account for 61.6% of the total sown area. According ...

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