CHS Ukraine LLC is to allocate $50 million under a program for support of agricultural producers in 2017, CHS Ukraine CEO Viacheslav Kolosvetov has said. “Some $50 million has been earmarked for a joint project with Syngenta and Galnaftogaz, this amount will be allocated in spring”, he said. Galnaftogaz will supply fuel, while Syngenta will…
Very cold weather as for this time of year, with insignificant precipitation persisted on October 21-31. As of October 28, productive moisture reserves in the plow soil layer (0-20 cm) under winter wheat were within 14 to 35 mm in the East (against multi-year averages of 22-31 mm), 58 to 61 mm in the West,…
Ukraine expects that Chinese investors will help Ukraine develop future technologies, including the creation of the so-called smart cities in Ukraine. Deputy Presidential Administration Head Dmytro Shymkiv stated this during an opening ceremony of Ukraine Silk Road International Forum held in Kyiv. “We very much welcome the prospect of attracting Chinese investors to the Ukrainian…
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said that production of railway wagons for the needs of public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia at Ukrainian enterprises could create up to 50,000 jobs. “We have calculated that with the needs of Ukrzaliznytsia we would provide 50,000 people with jobs if we only start producing them at the facilities of…
Ukraine has reported two new outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) to the OIE following cases of the disease in the Kiev area. Two commercial farms located in Sokolivka and Tetiyiv, both in the Kiev area, were confirmed with having ASF on November 4. Out of the total 7,037 pigs susceptible from both farms, 44…
Ukrainians in October 2016 sold to banks $113.9 million more foreign currency than bought, according to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). According to the regulator, this is $169.5 million, or 60% less than in the previous month. The volume of foreign currency sales by the public in October decreased by 48.7%,…
On October 31 – November 6, Ukraine exported 835.9 thousand tons of grains from the seaports, against 851.5 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 221 thousand tons, barley – 63.5 thousand tons, and corn – 551.4 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)