OREANDA-NEWS. Astarta reports operational results for 2014.

Astarta harvested more than 2.4 million tonnes of sugar beet (+15% y-o-y)

More than 466 thousand tonnes of white sugar was produced (+53% y-o-y)

More than 680 thousand tonnes of grains and oilseeds were harvested (-11% y-o-y)

Milk production was 104 thousand tonnes (+14% y-o-y)

Soybean processing plant in Globyno produced more than 150 thousand tonnes of soybean meal, 35 thousand tonnes of soybean oil and 5 thousand tonnes of husk.

Bioenergy complex generated over 6.8 million cubic meters of biogas.

Comments by Viktor Ivanchyk, CEO:

"ASTARTA expanded production in 2014. New segments of soybean processing and biogas generation contributed to the Group's operational performance. Despite positive results we believe that our business still has a lot of unlocked potential and will continue to focus our efforts on higher operational efficiency."