As of November 19, 7.2 million tons of sugar beet were processed and more than 1 million tons of sugar was produced in Ukraine. This is reported by ProAgro Group with reference to the information of the association “Ukrsugar”.
As reported, the sugar season 2021/22 began on August 21. Of the 29 plants that have been put to work, six have already finished processing due to lack of raw materials. At the same time, several plants have not been launched because of the rise in price of gas.
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, sugar beet has been harvested from 217.9 thousand hectares, which is 96% of the harvesting area, and more than 10.3 million tons of sweet roots were harvested. In Volyn region, Dnipropetrovsk region, Donetsk region, Zhytomyr region, Poltava region, Sumy region, Kharkiv region, Chernihiv region and Bukovyna region they harvesting is already finished.
According to an optimistic forecast of “Ukrsugar”, sugar production in the country this season will reach 1.45 million tons, with domestic demand of 1.25-1.3 million tons.
