The 2015/2016 marketing year was quite successful for Ukraine in markets of sunflower seed and its processed products. All-time high sunseed production at 11760 KMT was the key to such a success. Favorable agro-meteorological conditions allowed obtaining the best result on close to record planted area, owing to minimal losses and high productivity. High sunflower…
According to the official statistics figures, in September Ukraine imported 4.5 thousand tons of rye, including 90% of the grain of Belarusian origin. In March-July Ukraine purchased Belarusian rye at rather large-scale cargo lots (2.2-5.3 thousand tons per month), but in July-August the country bought small-scale shipments of rye from the EU (379 tons only).…
In September Ukraine exported 13.7 KMT of soybean oil, which is record high for this month. In September 2015 exports equaled 9.7 KMT, and in August 2016 – 10.3 KMT. Soybean oil exports continue to increase from season to season. In September large volumes were shipped to Poland (over 30% of total exports), Iran (21%)…
In the current year, Ukraine has already filled all major quotas for duty-free exports of agricultural products to the European Union, except for meat products, the Director of the department of international cooperation at the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Alexander Romanovsky declared. According to him, Ukraine has already settled the quotas…
Ukraine’s biggest pharmaceutical company Indar plans to build a medicine plant in Azerbaijan, Ukrainian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Alexander Mishchenko said. He made the remarks on October 20,during a tourism forum in Baku. Mishchenko noted that the company was in negotiations in Azerbaijan and the share in the enterprise would be divided 50-50. (Trend/Business World Magazine)
Profit of state-run Oschadbank (Kyiv) in January-September totaled 410.7 million UAH, while the bank saw 5.4 billion UAH loss a year ago, the bank has said in a press release. Operating income over the period exceeded 7 billion UAH, including almost 5 billion UAH of net interest income and 1.5 billion UAH of net fee…
Ukraine’s Pivdenne (Yuzhnoye) Design Bureau is stepping up the international military and technical cooperation and together with a foreign partner is developing a new short-range anti-aircraft artillery complex in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The new weapons are intended to replace Soviet anti-aircraft systems such as ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled radar guided anti-aircraft…