In May Ukraine exported 213.8 KMT of soybean compared with 243.6 KMT in April 2016 and 150 KMT in May 2015. Despite the fact that during the last three months exports are higher than last year, total shipments during nine months of the 2015/2016 season (1941.5 KMT) are lower than last marketing year when 2092.3…
Transneft Siberia held an emergency response drill to verify readiness for, and to train employees in actions in case of containment of an emergency oil spill to water surface in summer. The drills were held in the underwater crossing over three oil trunk pipelines via the Duvan River in Tyumen Region. Emergency line maintenance divisions…
In January-June Murmansk Sea Fishing Port handled 144,400 tons of cargo, down by 21.6% YoY, the stevedoring company’s statistics show. In the reported period, the company handled 86,400 tons of fish products (down by 17.5% YoY). In June the company handled 21,100 tons of cargo (down by 4.7% MoM), including 18,800 tons of fish products…
In May large and medium sized enterprises of Ukraine produced 326.5 KMT of sunflower oil compared to 348 KMT in April 2016 and 279 KMT in May 2015. Since the beginning of the season 3063.4 KMT of sunflower oil was produced, up by 53.6 KMT YoY. Considering the tendency of Ukrainian sunflower oil production by…
Saudi Arabia has started preparations for organizing batch production of new An-132 multipurpose aircraft with a carrying capacity of 9.2 tons being designed by Antonov State Enterprise (Kyiv) in cooperation with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Taqnia Aeronautics Co. (both based in Saudi Arabia). KACST Director Khalid A. Almalki said at…
In May Russia exported 123 KMT of barley compared with 297.2 KMT in May 2015. Saudi Arabia and Iran were the main importers of Russian barley in May. Since the beginning of the current season barley exports from Russia have decreased by 18% to 4230.7 KMT. Thus, until the end of the current season barley…
Russia’s budget deficit may exceed the planned 3% and reach 3.2% of GDP in 2016, according to the documents released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Russia’s budget deficit is on track to reach around 3% of budget deficit by the end of this year, which is in line…