The enterprises of Ukroboronprom (Ukrainian Defense Industry) State Concern have provided the Ukrainian military with 1067 items of armament and military equipment. “Over the first six months of this year, the Ukrainian army has received 646 items of new and upgraded equipment. Most of them are rocket-artillery weapons, missiles, and ammunition. The military have also…
Contest-rating “Wines of the Black Sea 2016” was held within the III Black Sea Forum of Winemaking in Sochi on June 29 – July 1, the results were announced on July 1. The competition-rating had about 200 samples of wines from 11 countries. (Techdrinks/Business World Magazine)
Uralkali, one of the world’s largest potassium producers, has announced its production results for Q2 and H1 2016. Uralkali produced 2.5 million tons of potassium chloride (KCI) in April-June and 5.1 million tons of KCl in January-June. The company’s assets consist of 5 mines and 7 ore-treatment mills situated in the towns of Berezniki and…
According to the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ukraine has signed the Danube Declaration on inland waterway development. The Danube Declaration was adopted on June 7, 2012 in Luxembourg at Ministerial Meeting on the Danube affairs. Transport ministers and heads of delegations from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia adopted the Declaration. Countries-signatories of…
In May Ukraine imported 11.8 KMT of palm oil against 7.7 KMT in May 2015. Slight reduction in this product imports was observed for the second consecutive month. In April Ukraine imported 14 KMT, and in March – 15.8 KMT. This reduction didn’t have a great impact on the season’s results. During the first nine…
As of July 7, agrarians harvested 3.856 million tons of early grains and pulses throughout the areas of 1.11 million ha, or 12% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.47 t/ha. At the same time, on the same date in 2015 agrarians harvested 1.891 million tons of grains throughout 619 thousand ha, with the…
In May Ukraine exported 111.9 KMT of barley compared with 111.15 KMT in May 2015. During July-May of season 2015/16 Ukraine exported 4308.6 KMT of barley, down by 3% YoY (4440.2 KMT). Market operators estimate that additional 50 KMT of barley were exported in June, while in June 2015 barley exports totaled only 3.12 KMT.…