KYIV- Ukrainian sugar refineries have produced 594,600 tonnes of white sugar from 4.51 million tonnes of sugar beet so far in the 2020-2021 harvest year, which began on Sept. 1, the Ukrtsukor national sugar union said on Monday.
The union has previously predicted that output of white sugar will fall by 15% in the full year to around 1.2 million tonnes.
White sugar production fell by 19% in the previous year to 1.48 million tonnes due to a smaller beet harvest.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, editing by Louise Heavens) ((pavel.polityuk@tr.com; +380 44 2449150; Reuters Messaging: pavel.polityuk.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
