Belarus’ Council of Ministers approved of the national export promotion program for 2016-2020 and a roadmap for its implementation. It is envisaged in the Decree No. 604 dated August 1, the press service of the Belarusian government informed. “The national program does not provide a detailed forecast for external trade in 2016-2020 but spells out…
The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) supported the EU claims to Russia regarding imposition of the import duties on certain agricultural and manufacturing products, including palm oil, the press-service of the WTO informed. According to the announcement, the WTO specified that the reporting customs duties exceed those Russia agreed to…
In January-July cargo throughout at Primorsky Krai-based Vostochny Port rose by 3.7% YoY totaled 39,170,000 tons, the Authority of Primorsky Krai & Eastern Arctic Seaports reported. The volume includes 20,446,000 tons of dry cargo, a 5.1% gain from a year earlier, and 18,723,000 tons of oil products (+2.2%). Vostochny Port is the year-round navigable and…
Lowering of air temperatures to optimal values and improved soil moisture stocks were beneficial for vegetation of all late spring crops. Better yields can be expected in later sown plants of corn due to cease of leaves withering and yellowing during the daytime. August rains were beneficial for moisture accumulation before the upcoming winter crop…
On August 8-14, Ukraine exported 660.1 thousand tons of grains from the seaports against 759.8 thousand tons in the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 413.1 thousand tons, corn – 14.9 thousand tons, and barley – 232.1 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
As of August 1, the production of grains and pulses totaled 31.525 million tons in bunker weight, up by 7.4% YoY, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine declared. In particular, Odessa, Kharkiv and Vinnytsia regions harvested the largest volumes of grains. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
In January-July cargo throughput at Primorsky Krai-based Port of Vladivostok grew by 11.8% YoY, to 8.07 million tons, the Authority of seaports of Primorye and the Eastern Arctic reported. Handling of dry cargo rose by 19.7% to 6,275 million tons, while oil products volume dropped by 9.1% to 1,8 million tons. The Port of Vladivostok…