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Sugar prices in Ukraine are gradually increasing. Exports and seasonal factors create the prerequisites for a rise in the price of the product in the future. Analysts of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council noted that on average, producer selling prices fluctuate within 24.60-25.30 UAH/kg. "Many factories are now buying up quotas for the European market. At the same time, Ukrainian producers have already adapted to external supplies even before the opening of the EU - we exported products to Turkey, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Indonesia and Israel. Demand from these countries remains, and additional interest from Europe only intensifies the price increase," the report says. In addition, Ukraine has been observing a traditional price increase since the beginning of the year, which will continue until mid-summer. "Seasonally, we see an increase in quotations from January to June-July. Given the current market factors, conditional prices may reach the level of 27-28 UAH/kg with VAT," ...

Despite the resumption of sugar exports from Ukraine to the EU, domestic prices remain low under pressure from the falling dollar exchange rate and lower world prices.

In the first 6 months of the 2024/25 marketing year (from September 2024 to February 2025), Ukraine exported over 403.5 thousand tons of sugar. 98.4% of the volume was sent to the world market, 1.6% to EU countries. This was reported by the press service of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine "Ukrtsukor". Exports to the EU resumed in February and amounted to 6,559 tons. The main EU countries where Ukrainian sugar went were Bulgaria (72% of the exported volume), Greece (12%) and Italy (12%). In general, the main export destinations of Ukrainian sugar in the first 6 months of the 2024/25 marketing year remain: – Turkey (18% of all exports); – Libya; – North Macedonia; – Somalia; – Sri Lanka. In the 2024 production season, Ukrainian sugar producers produced 1.8 million tons of sugar. The volume of the domestic market in Ukraine is currently estimated at 900 thousand tons per year.