Russia: 25% of wheat exported to Egypt

In 2015/2016 Russian wheat exports totaled 24.65 MMT, up by 15% YoY. Main tendencies of the finished season were the decrease in wheat purchases from Turkey and higher exports to Egypt. Thus, share of Turkey in Russian wheat exports decreased from 20% in 2014/2015 to 13% in 2015/2016. While the share of Egypt grew to…

Russia needs to keep the counter-sanctions after 2017

The Russian ban on the supplies of food products established in 2014 contributes to development of domestic agro-industrial complex and should be extended after the end of its effective term (December 2017), the Minister of Agriculture of Russia Alexander Tkachev declared. “In order to further promote import substitution, increase the competitiveness of the domestic production…

Ukraine: Ukrzaliznytsia to take part in building section of Iranian railways

Public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia intends to sign a contract to carry out construction works on over 300-km railway tracks with Ministry of Roads and Urban Development of Iran, the company’s press service reported, referring to Board Chairman Wojciech Balczun. “We quickly worked with the agreement of the Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine and Ministry of Roads…