Azerbaijan: export & investment opportunities with China expand

The Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) signed a memorandum of understanding. The memorandum was signed during the meeting of representatives of AZPROMO and CCPIT in Baku. The memorandum stipulates expanding joint export and investment opportunities between Azerbaijan and China, as well as…

Ukraine: Ukroboronprom to supply 60mm caliber mortars meeting NATO standards

Public joint-stock company Plant Mayak (Kyiv), part of Ukroboronprom State Concern, is preparing for batch production of new 60mm caliber mortars “Kamerton” designed to meet NATO technical standards AQAP-2000. At the presentation of a sample Mayak Director Oleksandr Perehudov said that batch production of new Kamerton mortars was scheduled for August after finishing tests by…

Russia: vegoil production down

In May Russia produced 283 KMT of sunflower oil against 267 KMT in April 2016 and 283 KMT in May 2015. Since the beginning of the season (September-May) sunflower oil production equaled 3084 KMT, down by 10% YoY. Production share of processed sunflower products is more than 80% of the total vegoil production (3833 KMT).…

Russia: seaports of Krasnodar Krai export 9 million tons of grains in January-July 2016

In January-July the seaports Yeysk, Kavkaz, Novorossiysk, Temryuk, Taman and Tuapse shipped for exports 572 vessels with grains and by-products, at the volume of more than 8.9 million tons, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) declared. In particular, the share of wheat in the general structure of grain exports from the reporting…