Sugar Semi-Annual Report, Turkey – 6th October 2020

Turkey’s sugar beet production is forecast at 19 MMT in MY 2020/21 and is expected to result in 2.75 MMT of sugar. Drought weather conditions during summer caused yield and quality losses in sugar beets in some regions. For MY 2020/21, as announced by Presidential Decree on December 25, 2019, the annual quota is identical to the amount allocated last year.