The sugar segment includes the sugar activities of Südzucker AG, Südzucker Polska, Südzucker Moldova, Raffinerie Tirlemontoise, Saint Louis Sucre and AGRANA in Germany, Belgium, Bosnia, France, Moldova, Poland, Austria, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The agriculture, animal feed and Bodengesundheitsdienst divisions are other business units attached to the segment.

A total of 26.1 (28.4) million tonnes of beets were harvested for Südzucker Group companies during the 2010 campaign. The volume of sugar extracted from beets was 3.9 (4.4) million tonnes, based on a theoretical sugar yield of 11.3 (12.3) t/ha. The total volume of raw cane sugar refined at the refineries in Marseille (France, Saint Louis Sucre), Buzau (Romania, AGRANA International) and Brcko (Bosnia-Herzegovina, AGRANA International) was 0.30 (0.35) million tonnes. The total amount of sugar produced, including refined sugar, is 4.2 (4.8) million tonnes.

Cultivation area | Compared to the year prior, Südzucker Group´s beet cultivation area was reduced in total by about 3 % to 388,000 (401,000) ha.

Campaign duration | The average beet campaign duration was 103 (116) days. The longest campaigns occurred at Südzucker Polska's sites in Silesia and AGRANA in Austria: 124 days and 119 days respectively.