Illegal or 'creative' sugar trade is bearing down forward official raw-sugar shipments to Russia.

Illegal or 'creative' sugar trade is bearing down forward official raw-sugar shipments to Russia, the world's largest importer, according to Sergey Gudoshnikov of the International Sugar Organisation.

Addressing F O Licht's 7th European Sugar meeting for consultation in Brussels on Wednesday, Gudoshnikov warned that canny entrepreneur were as adept as to the end of time at getting round Moscow's efforts to ascendency sugar inflows--with eye-catching results.

"Due to the character of illicit sugar trading, official records of smuggl sugar are difficult to find, on the other hand ...