date:Dec 30, 2013
oduction quota (1,405.6 thousand tons) used to be lower than domestic demand for sugar estimated at 1,600 thousand tons.
As the consequence, although production exceeds needs for the domestic market, Poland needs to import sugar in order to serve domestic industry and personal demands.
In 2013 the very late spring led to delays in sugar beet sowings. In some regions of Poland the delays reached four weeks, but growing conditions later in the spring/summer proved favorable allowing plants t