Since the beginning of the year the region dispatched abroad more than 158 thousand tons of sugar for the total amount of 54.7 million US dollars.
Over five months of 2019 9.8 thousand tons of sugar worth 4.8 million US dollars was shipped from the region. More broadly, following the results of last year the region exported this product for the amount of more than 66 million US dollars to the foreign markets.
– For the time being, Kuban sugar is exported to such countries as Belarus, Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Madagascar, Israel, USA, SAR, Armenia, Azerbaijan and others. There are more than 20 countries in total among commercial partners as reported in the regional Ministry of Agriculture and Processing industry.
In general, within the framework of the national project «International cooperation and export» the region has to build up the export of agricultural products up to 3.8 billion US dollars by the year 2024.
Press-Service of the Administration of Krasnodar region