Ukraine is among the world's leading sugar producers

Published Mar 30, 2021

Tridge summary

Ukraine is experiencing a significant decrease in sugar beet and sugar production, with the area under cultivation reduced by more than 1.6 million hectares and sugar production down to 1 million tons. Despite these challenges, the country still ranks among the top ten global producers of sugar beets and sugar. The largest areas for sugar beet cultivation are in Europe, with Russia, France, Poland, Germany, Italy, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, England, Belgium, and Ukraine being the leading countries. Oleksandr Zakharchuk, the head of the investment and logistics department at the National Research Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics," predicts that global sugar production could reach 200 million tons, with 70% coming from sugar cane and 30% from sugar beets. The use of modern technology, including genetically monoecious varieties and hybrids, could potentially yield up to 100 tons per hectare and have a sugar content of up to 20%.

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Original content

In Ukraine, the production of sugar beets and sugar has decreased significantly. But our country remains one of the leaders in the world sugar market. Agrocenter tells about it in more detail. This is stated in the National Research Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics". Comment: “Even today, Ukraine is still one of the ten largest producers of sugar beets and, accordingly, sugar in the world. Although the area under cultivation has decreased from 1.8 million hectares to 200,000, the amount of sugar produced has decreased from more than 5 million tons to 1 million, ”said Oleksandr Zakharchuk, head of the center's investment and logistics department. Where are the largest areas of sugar beet? Today, about 80% of all sown areas and gross sugar beet harvest is in Europe, the expert said. The largest sown areas of sugar beets are concentrated in Russia, France, Poland, Germany, Italy, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, England, Belgium and Ukraine. How will the sugar industry ...

Source: Agro-center