Russian and CIS sugar markets, June 1, 2015

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RUSSIA

According to the monitoring data by the Ministry of Agriculture of Russian Federation, Russia has processed 385.8 thousand tons of raw sugar and produced 378.1 thousand tons of sugar in 2015, as of May 25 (1.2% below the level of 2014). Volumes of import of raw sugar in January-May 2015 (as of May 24) are 10% less than in 2014. During the week from May 26 to June 1, the wholesale price of sugar fell by 2.6%, retail – by 0.7%.

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According to the regional department of agriculture of Tambov, by May 28, 2015 the region has sown sugar beet on the area of 99.23 thousand hectares, or 105% of the plan; the targets have been exceeded by nearly 5,000 hectares.

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According to rail cargo statistics by Sugar.Ru, Russia has imported from Belarus by rail 100,700 tons of white sugar in the first five months of 2015 (in 2014 – 134 thousand tons).

Monthly exports of Belarus to Russia by railway in the period Jan 01 – May 31, 2015, MT

Month

Year

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Total

2015

2015

2015

2015

2015

2015

23969

18535

20021

19048

19141

100714

2014

26221

24061

29931

29190

24596

133999

 

 

KAZAKHSTAN

Sugar production declined to 3.4 thousand tons in April against 51.7 thousand tons produced in March in Kazakhstan. In January-April production of sugar has made total 73.2 thousand tons.

CUSTOMS UNION

In June 2015 the import duty on raw sugar supplied to the Customs Union has remained at US$ 250/ton. In July 2015 the import duty or raw sugar imports to the CU will not change and will be fixed at US$ 250/ton.

ARMENIA

Armenian imports of sugar, accrual basis

Year

Month

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Jan

1 342

466

24 894

30 426

76

Feb

1 342

467

25 425

30 485

1 101

Mar

1 423

592

25 753

30 808

1 126

Apr

22 213

28 047

26 270

31 208

2 276

May

22 715

28 048

26 744

59 002

 

Jun

39 040

51 583

27 219

59 203

 

Jul

39 294

51 754

50 826

60 063

 

Aug

48 369

52 645

51 452

60 493

 

Sep

60 974

53 522

51 728

61 132

 

Oct

78 414

53 964

78 780

88 972

 

Nov

90 912

82 408

79 443

99 837

 

Total

91 668

82 410

79 748

100 236

2 276

 

 

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