Kazakhstan: grain stocks at 14.6 million tons

As of October 1, the registered carry-over stocks of grains and pulses in Kazakhstan totaled 14.594 million tons (up by nearly 10 million tons MoM), the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported. In particular, peasant and farming households stored 2.899 million tons of grains. Wheat formed the…

Ukraine: EU publishes proposal to increase the quotas for duty-free imports of products

The European Union published a proposal to increase the quotas for duty-free supplying of Ukrainian products, including food products, products of the chemical industry, etc., the Official Journal of the European Union informed. In particular, the document proposed to provide additional quotas to Ukrainian agricultural producers for the supply of corn and flour (650 thousand…

EU and Azerbaijan to mull bilateral relations

The EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Herbert Salber will visit Azerbaijan in late October, Salber’s press service reported. Salber will hold a number of official meetings, at which the sides will discuss bilateral relations. It is also expected to discuss the situation around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The conflict between the two South Caucasus…

China hopes to expand cooperation with Russia in space

China hopes to expand cooperation with Russia in the program of constructing its own orbital station, Wu Ping, a representative of China’s Manned Space Agency, said. “When implementing a program of constructing a space station, we hope to engage in expanded cooperation and exchanges with Russia in choosing and training cosmonauts, carrying out scientific experiments,…