Turkey: Sugar Annual
Warmer nights in August 2014 led to lower polarity rates in sugar beets and an eventual 10 percent decrease in sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2014/15. This led to a deficiency in the ‘C’ quota sugar demanded by exporter confectionary producers. After the production figures became available in February 2015 the Sugar Board stopped direct exports of C sugar to combat this bottleneck and asked the private companies to produce C sugar in the amount of at least 5 percent of their allocated quotas, although they are not obliged to do so by law. Eventually, Turkey opened the door for sugar imports in March 2015 with the condition that it must be used in products that will be exported.
