Ukraine: rapeseed output down in 2016

Rapeseed harvesting is complete in Ukraine. According to UkrAgroConsult estimates, rapeseed production is likely to be 30% lower than last year. Reduction of harvesting area due to significant winter rapeseed losses (234 thousand ha) was the main reason for production decline. Nevertheless, rapeseed average yields appeared to be higher than expected and even higher than…

Tajikistan: citizens opposing economic integration with Russia

An article “Tajikistan Mulls EEU Membership, Feels Pull of Russia” posted on EurasiaNet.org’s website notes that many Tajiks oppose economic integration with Russia Abdufattoh Ghoib, the head of Tajikistan’s Customs Service, announced on July 19, that the Tajik government was considering making an application to enter the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Ghoib’s declaration followed an…

Russia: grain supplies to Palestine to go up

Russia plans to increase grain exports to Palestine from 70 thousand tons to 250-300 thousand tons, the Russian-Palestinian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation declared. The Palestinian party is interested in cooperation in the sphere of energy, health care, culture and agriculture. The first contract with the Palestinians for the supply of 70 thousand…