date:Jan 14, 2014
ent declined year-on-year, mainly as a result of lower quota sugar sales volume and pricing as well as weaker export business. While sugar sales volumes eased slightly, revenues from by-products and other products were constant. The significant decrease in operating profit was driven by the downward price pressure and lower sugar sales quantities, as well as increased production costs of the 2012|13 campaign and the fact that in the middle of the year, costs for raw sugar were still relatively h