If this weather continues, the volume of sugar production in Russia in 2021 will not exceed 6 million tons.
In 2020, farmers reduced their sugar beet sowing, which, together with a decrease in yields, led to a noticeable decrease in sugar production in the country.
In 2021, beets were sown by 9.6% — 1.02 million hectares.
Most regions have increased the area under sugar beet crops:
Chechnya : + 75% (4.2 thousand ha)
Orenburg region and Chuvashia : + 47% (0.7 thousand ha)
Stavropol Territory : + 30% (30 thousand ha)
Mordovia : + 23% (22.1 thousand ha)
Bashkortostan : + 23% (36.6 thousand ha)
Returned to growing crops Ingushetia : 0.5 thousand hectares
And only two regions reduced crops:
Altai Territory : -1%
Volgograd region : -16%
The cold and damp weather of 2021 led to later beet planting:
South: 4-5 weeks behind 2020
Central Black Earth Region: — 2 weeks
Volga-Ural and Altai: 1-2 weeks.
At the beginning of July, the development of culture, for example, in the Krasnodar Territory, was better than the last four years:
Root mass increased by 4.7%
Haulm weight: + 18%
Planting density: + 5%.
However, if the dry weather persists, then adjustments in yield and sugar content can be significant, which will affect the price.
World prices for raw sugar from mid-April last to February this year increased by 104%. Since April 2021, prices have continued to rise.
In Russia, the cost of sugar was influenced by the growth of tariffs for railway transportation (+ 3.7%), and transportation by road via the Platon system (+ 6.4%), and the fight against overloads.
At the same time, prices are constrained by government regulation. And the promised 5 rubles / kg subsidies at the beginning of June were not received by any company that shipped sugar at retail at 36 rubles / kg.
