Astarta (AST PW) said in a statement yesterday that it planned to increase sugar production 40% yoy in 2008 to 220 ths mt of sugar. As of November 3, the company had made 105 ths mt of sugar. Astarta said that over 80% of processed beets were produced in-house. Olha Pankiv: The planned production of 220 ths mt in the 2008/09 season implies a 14% market share, the largest among Ukrainian sugar producers.