Danisco expects sugar production above EU quotas - Brief Article

Eurofood, Sept 27, 2001

Danisco has released its latest field samples of sugar beet from Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Finland and Lithuania.

Danisco sugar expects an overall production well above the quotas specified by the EU, but at the same time expects production to be lower than the recent record levels.

Danisco Sugar beet field samples (September 2001)

            Tonnes sugar per ha   % sugar in beet   Tonnes sugar per ha

Denmark                    58.7              14.9                  8.77
Sweden                     52.7              14.9                  7.87
Germany                    56.7              15.0                  8.51
Finland                    35.9              14.7                  5.27
Lithuania                  43.0              13.7                  5.91

Source: Danisco