Source: APKinform (Ukraine)
During the first 5 months (September-January) of the 2024/25 MY, Ukraine exported more than 352 thousand tons of sugar, which is 17% higher than the figure for the same period of the previous season. This was reported by the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine (“Ukrtsukor”).
As emphasized, the entire exported volume was directed to countries outside the European Union, while in the first five months of last season the share of such exports was only 9.5%.
“The significant growth of the share of this direction in sugar exports is the result of successful efforts of Ukrainian sugar producers to find alternative markets in connection with the restrictions imposed on Ukrainian sugar by the EU,” the association explained.
The main export destinations of Ukrainian sugar for the first 5 months of 2024/25 MY were Turkey (19% of all exports), as well as Libya, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Northern Macedonia.
The association also recalled that from January 1, the possibility of sugar exports from Ukraine to the EU countries was resumed. For the first 5 months of 2025 in this direction it will be possible to export 107.3 thousand tons of sugar.
“In the production season-2024 Ukrainian sugar producers produced 1.8 million tons of sugar. The volume of the domestic market in Ukraine is estimated at 900 thousand tons per year,” the report adds.