On September 26 – October 2, Ukraine exported 1.02 million tons of grains from the seaports, against 648.4 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 804 thousand tons, barley – 153.8 thousand tons, and corn – 65.7 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
On September 30, the minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi signed the Annex #1 to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and market participants – grain exporters for 2016/2017 MY. The document settles voluntary coordination of the possible volumes of grain exports from Ukraine in 2016/2017 MY,…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has congratulated the Kyiv-based government-run Luch Design Bureau on its successful test of the Sarmat new remote weapon system with anti-tank missiles. The head of state said that Ukrainian Armed Forces were the main guarantee of the country’s independence. (Interfax/Business World Magazine)
The number of container trains going from China to Europe transiting through Kazakhstan has increased more than twice. Since the beginning of the year, 1,210 container trains passed through the territory of Kazakhstan on the China-Europe railroad. During the same period of last year, 503 trains went this way, according to Kazakhstan national railway company.…
Kazakh agro sector additionally received $290 Million in the framework of plan on additional measures to stimulate economic growth and support employment in 2016-2017. $90 million will be sourced to subsidize animal breeding, $38 million – for investment subsidies, $154 million – to finance KazAgro projects. Agrarian Ministry clarified that KazAgro will use finances for:…
In the current season the export potential of Ukraine in the grain segment totals 38.1 million tons. This is a decrease of only 1.1% compared with the record high level in 2015/2016 MY. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman urges the representatives of Korean business to invest in Ukraine. “I would like to take this opportunity to encourage you, dear colleagues, to deepen our cooperation both in the field of trade relations and in investment, particularly in the economy of Ukraine”, he said at a meeting with leaders of Korean…