?Ukraine’s 42 sugar mills produced 15% less sugar during the fall 2018 sugar making season

?Ukraine’s 42 sugar mills produced 15% less sugar during the fall 2018 sugar making season than during the 2017 season, reports Ukrtsukor, the industry association. Due to low world sugar prices, 10% less land was planted in sugar beets than in 2017. Last year, Ukraine produced 1.8 million tons of sugar and exported 584,000 tons, a 2.4% fall from 2017. Top buyers were: Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Libya. Top producing regions were: Vinnytsia – 424,000 tons; Ternopil – 227,000 tons; and Poltava – 222,500 tons. In January, Ukraine exhausted its export quota to the EU – 20,000 tons.