Astarta bags 225 ths mt of sugar in 2009

Astarta (WSE: AST PW) reported on December 28 in a press release that it produced 225 ths mt of sugar in 2009, a decrease of 4.5% yoy. Astarta said 90% of sugar was made from internally grown sugar beets. In 2009, the company said it increased its share of the sugar market from 15% in 2008 to 18%.