REPORT ON SUGAR CAMPAIGN 2012/2013 IN CZECH REPUBLIC

The sugar campaign 2012/2013 was characterized by excellent technological quality of the processed beet and favorable climatic conditions throughout the growing and treatment seasons. A total of 4.293 mil. tons of beet were processed in the campaign with average root yield 66.99 t.ha(-1) and polarized sugar yield 11.41 t.ha(-1). The weighted average sugar content has surpassed 17.61 % ( range 18.07-16.61 %) in the Czech Republic. The campaign took 110.9 days; the amount of sugar from beet was 535.5 kt in white sugar. Seven sugar factories were in operation in the Czech Republic during the past sugar campaign. Regarding the production capacity and daily standard there are big differences - among individual companies and sugar factories - from 14,000 t.d(-1) to 2,000 t.d(-1) of beet; the total processing capacity in the Czech Republic id 37,212 t.d(-1). Intensive and extensive quantities reached predominantly positive values which prove that within the EU Czech Republic is a producer of high quality sugar beet and high quality sugar. In 2012/2013 investments in Czech sugar factories concentrated mostly on improving ecology, technology and increasing efficiency of beet products.