In August Ukraine exported 85 KMT of sunflower meal against 256 KMT in July 2016 and 102 KMT in August 2015. Thus, total volume exported in 2015/2016 MY (September-August) equals 3655.4 KMT against 3364.1 KMT in the previous season. In 2015/2016 Ukraine considerably diversified its sunflower meal export market, delivering it to 16 countries. Moreover,…
Russian gas giant Gazprom has received permits for survey works on two deep-sea threads of the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline in Turkey’s territorial waters through diplomatic channels, the company said in a statement. “Constructive, swift cooperation with the Turkish partners should be noted here. The work on the Turkish Stream is going on at…
Participation of the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) in the annual banking and financial conference and exhibition Sibos in Geneva aroused interest of the visitors. This year the IBA joined this leading global event for the international financial community for the first time. The IBA’s stand was placed in the center of the exhibition hall…
In January-August fish and seafood products worth $77 million were imported from Norway to Ukraine, which makes 78% of total imports from Norway. According to acting State Fiscal Service Deputy Head Myroslav Prodan, there are no systemic problems with the customs valuation of fish and seafood products from Norway, and thus the positive trend is…
During several recent seasons, Kazakhstan demonstrated significant differences in the grain harvest volumes per year. However, even in bad harvest years grain production volumes were enough to completely meet the country’s domestic and export requirements, the Director of the Grain Processors and Bakers Union of Kazakhstan Evgeny Gan declared. He said that previously wheat covered…
The prolongation of a freeze of the accumulative part of Russian pension savings into 2017 will mean abolishment of this system, which is a bad sign for the market and citizens, and the Economic Development Ministry offers a partial unfreeze of the pensions, Deputy Minister Oleg Fomichyov announced. The government froze the accumulative part of…
FESCO Transportation Group and Rusagro Group have signed an Agreement of intent to arrange a special-purpose technology based on the Vladivostok Commercial Sea Port (part of FESCO Group) infrastructure to handle export agricultural products, FESCO says in a press release. The agreement is intended to optimize the supply logistics of Rusagro goods to the Asia…