The Ministry of Agriculture reports that Russia's self-sufficiency level in sugar by 2025 will be 104.9%.

Production of the product exceeded 6.3 million tons. Russia's self-sufficiency level in sugar by the end of 2025 amounted to 104.9% against the threshold value of the food security doctrine at 90%, reported the Ministry of Agriculture. Overall, sugar production last year exceeded 6.3 million tons. "Such volumes are sufficient for the full provision of the country's internal needs and to maintain a stable situation with sugar in the domestic market," the ministry emphasized. Meanwhile, the sugar beet harvest increased by 8.5%, to 48.9 million tons, and the average yield of the crop across the country increased by 5.7%, to almost 414.1 tons per hectare. "According to the Union of Sugar Producers, the production of sugar from molasses and accumulated ...