Sugar production by refineries belonging to Astarta agro-industrial holding, the largest sugar producer in Ukraine, reached 150,000 tonnes since the early 2015/16 agricultural year (September-August) and as of October 30, 2015.

"The company has refined 1 million tonnes of sugar beets and over 150,000 tonnes of sugar has been made," the company's press service told Interfax-Ukraine.

In general, Astarta plans to produce around 350,000 tonnes of sugar.

Astarta is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding comprising five regional divisions in Poltava, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky, and Kharkiv regions. It is composed of nine sugar factories, agricultural farms with a land bank of about 245,000 hectares, and dairy farms.