Sugar beet

The Mayor of Alexandroupoli on E.B.Z. and zeolite. 17/07/2014

Sugar production is subject to the national quota regulation. Previously, before 2006, Greece was entitled to produce 317,000 tonnes. Under this framework, it is entitled to produce 158,000 tonnes of sugar, which corresponds to a typical sugar beet crop covering approximately 225,000 stremmata. Greece has closed two factories, in Xanthi and Larissa. The allocation of stremmata to the factories was as follows: Platy (125,000), Serres (50,000), Nea Orestiada (50,000). Under the 2013 regulation, the situation will change in 2017 and each EU Member State will be able to produce as much as it wishes within an international competitive framework. This ... Read more