Poles have not succumbed to sugar panic

89.9 percent of Poles have recently heard about sugar shortages in stores. But only 36.2 percent of them physically encountered the problem in establishments. Most knew about the issue from the Internet. A strong message also came from television, as well as from family, friends, and neighbors. Information was least likely to come from radio and the printed press. Despite this, as many as 86.5 percent of compatriots remained calm and did not buy sugar in excess. Commenting on the data, the industry assures that domestic production far exceeds consumption. And adds that the temporary shortages in the stores were rather realized under the influence of earlier media information about price increases. On top of this, market experts explain that the increased buying was carried out by small and medium-sized manufacturing companies, as prices at wholesale were higher than at retail for some time. It is likely that all these factors led to the aforementioned situation, but consumers themselves did not succumb to as much panic.  

"In Poland, for years we have been producing much more sugar than we consume. In the recently completed campaign, we produced 2.3 million tonnes. This is the third highest result in the history of domestic production, and our internal consumption is about 1.7 million tonnes. Admittedly, this year growers sowed an area of beets about 12 percent smaller than last year, but this will still allow us to produce about 2.1 million tons of sugar, which is more than the actual demand of Poles," Rafał Strachota of the National Union of Sugar Beet Growers, reported.

(MondayNews)