Turkey: Sugar Annual

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Sugar beet production and planting area is forecast at 19.5 million metric tons (MMT) and 320,000 hectares (ha) in MY 2021/22, assuming favorable growing conditions. The quotas for MY 2021/22 were announced on March 20, 2021 by a presidential decree as 2.7 MMT for sugar beets and 67,500 MT for starch based sugar. This amount is identical to the previous two years. Turkey lifted the restriction on refined sugar exports as of December 2020.

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