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Ukrainian Sugar Industry

Ukrainian Sugar Industry
  • Report price : $ 489
  • Publication date : February 2008
  • Length : 32 pages

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Ukrainian Sugar Industry

In accordance with WTO agreements, Ukraine will open its borders to 260 ths mt of imported raw cane sugar starting from 2009 (the import duty on which will reduce from 50% currently to 2% of the customs value). We expect this feedstock will partially replace sugar beets sold to sugar makers by small-scale farms. We also expect WTO accession to trigger growth in Ukraine’s domestic prices for grain, constituting a side business for Ukraine’s sugar-makers. We project grain prices to rise and converge with those at international exchanges as Ukraine gradually lifts export quota restrictions in line with WTO requirements.

Investors increasingly view Ukrainian sugar stocks as plays on agriculture rather than pure sugar thanks to the vast land banks sugar producers lease. It is our view that the value of sugar makers’ agricultural operations, elevated recently by surging agricultural commodity prices, sets a floor for the companies’ value and provides a hedge against possible adversities in the sugar business.

We expect inefficient players to continue leaving the business. Unable to secure sufficient feedstock supplies, ten sugar mills did not relaunch in 2007/08 season, and we expect 35 more will either be shut or acquired before next season. We believe that sugar producers with in-house beet supplies are well-positioned to seize a larger market share.

Our DCF-based target prices yield upsides for all the three traded sugar producers. A reality check using peer comparison shows that DCF-implied target prices are inside the range offered by EV/EBITDA and P/E 2009E multiples.

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