In 2021, 363.5 thousand tons of sugar were produced in Vinnytsia region, compared to 264 thousand tons in the previous season.
Last year, 2.4 million tons of sugar beets were harvested in the region, the average yield of which amounted to 494 hundredweights/ha, up by 80.5 hundredweights/ha.
Raw materials were processed at five sugar factories: Gaisin, where the production season began on September 1, 2021 – the first in the region, Kryzhopil, Zhdanivka, Tomashpil and Yuzepho-Mykolaiv. Two refineries – Gaisin and Kryzhopil – produced more than half of the total sugar volume in the region. (Ukrsugar/Business World Magazine)