Russia Raw-Sugar Imports Dropped 82% This Year Through Aug. 22
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Russia’s raw-sugar imports plunged 82 percent in the period from Jan. 1 through Aug. 22 compared with a year earlier after output surged and it exported the sweetener for the first time.
Imports dropped to 423,100 metric tons from 2.33 million tons in the year-earlier period, according to data published today on the Agriculture Ministry’s website.