The enterprises have already supplied to the international market around 270 thousand tons of products.
In monetary terms the export proceeds have increased by 80.3 million dollars, as reported in the Ministry of Agriculture and processing industry of the region. The main importers of Kuban sugar are CIS countries, Turkey, Mongolia, Albania, Israel and Lebanon.
In total, Kuban plans to supply products for 2.5 billion dollars this year. The increase in export supplies is a consequence of the overall development of sugar processing in the region as noted in the department. This year the enterprises of the region have already accepted more than 1.2 million tons of raw materials, more than 130 thousand tons of sugar produced. The plan for the year is to produce 1.2 million tons of products with the region’s demand for 240 thousand tons. Such production volumes enable the agrarians to channel the products to the external markets.
Press-Service of the Administration of Krasnodar region