AirAsia is considering adding Russia to its list of destinations, the Malaysian low-cost carrier’s founder Tony Fernandes reported. Russia is becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination for Asian tourists, Fernandes said. “My video on Facebook from the Red Square was viewed by 60,000 people in two hours! I got 300 comments, and everyone asked about…
State enterprise Ukrenergo expects the increase in electricity consumption during the 2016/2017 heating season by 3-4% in comparison with the past season, company acting director Vsevolod Kovalchuk has said. “We foresee 3-4% more than last season. Although the overall volume of the planned power supply for next year is 7 billion kilowatt-hours less than was…
In 2015/2016 Ukraine exported 31.58 KMT of cornstarch, up by 35% YoY (23.45 KMT). Indonesia was the key importer, purchasing nearly 200% more Ukrainian cornstarch in 2015/2016 MY YoY. In 2015/2016 Ukrainian exporters shipped about 18 KMT to this country, or 57% of the total cornstarch exports. Share of Russia (largest importer in 2014/2015) decreased…
As of October 20, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 49.872 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 11.905 million ha, or 83% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4.19 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported. At the same time, on the same date last year the production volumes reached 51.2…
Since the beginning of 2016/2017 MY Ukraine exported 12.437 million tons of grains, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared, referring to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. In particular, wheat exports totaled 7.822 million tons, corn – 1.142 million tons, and barley – 3.426 million tons. Also, wheat flour exports reached…
Last week competition on Ukrainian sunflower seed market became tougher between buyers causing price growth. Market is still supported by rains, which delayed harvesting and decreased sunflower supply on domestic market. Moreover, rains had a negative impact on sunflower seed quality. This gives oil extraction plants a reason to cut the prices on average by…