As of November 1, in Ukraine the production of grains and pulses totaled 56.106 million tons in bunker weight, up by 0.1% YoY, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine declared. According to the official statistics figures, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 13.19 million tons of sunflower seed in bunker weight (up by 19%), and 8.968 million tons…
Azerbaijan is showing interest in the Belarusian experience of developing agro-towns and the country’s food industry. The matter was discussed at a meeting between Belarus Vice Prime Minister Mikhail Rusy and the Azerbaijani delegation led by Ganja Mayor Elmar Valiyev on November 16. “Since you are interested in agriculture and, first of all, agro-towns, we…
As of November 15, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 59.285 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 13.279 million ha, or 93% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4.46 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 58.4…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) can act as a shareholder in Azerbaijani companies, the country’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. He made the remarks in Baku on November 15, at a meeting with ADB Vice President Wencai Zhang, responsible for operations in the ADB South Asia Department and the Central and West Asia Department. During…
Azerbaijan did a great job to ensure efficiency in transit transportations, Counselor for Economic Affairs at the US Embassy Carter Wilbur said. He made the remarks on November 16, during the Azerbaijan Infrastructure, Power and Renewable Energy Investment Conference in Baku. Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Georgia did a great job to improve the speed and…
The Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft will use a new technology of its own design to rack up oil extraction in Ukraine, the company’s press service reported. In line with the agreement with the Ukrainian company Universal Drilling Technique (aka UniDrillTech) Belarusian specialists intend to carry out five special operations using the technology that has been…
Falling grain deliveries by trucks have resulted in a heavier load on railways. At the same time, the railcar fleet, which consists of 11,500 to 13,000 grain-carrying cars according to different estimates, constantly shrinks and is 95% worn-out. Since the Ukrainian Railways merely lacks money to replace its railcar fleet, the only way out is…