In January-July the export volumes of agricultural food products from Ukraine increased by 2.6% YoY to $7.8 billion, while imports went up by 10% to $2.2 billion, the press-service of the Association “Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” (UCAB) declared. According to the announcement, the share of agricultural products in the general export structure reached 40.1%, up by…
In August Russia will export nearly 3-3.1 million tons of grains, as opposed to 4.2 million tons in the same month last year, the Deputy Director of the strategic management department at Rusagrotrans CJSC Igor Pavensky announced. At the same time, he noted that the previous forecast totaled 3.5 million tons, but Rusagrotrans had to…
According to preliminary data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), in 2016/2017 MY the planted areas under sunflower seed in Russia will increase by 7% compared with the previous season – to 7.5 million ha. The reporting result will become the second largest one after the record index in 2011/2012 MY (7.6 million ha).…
General production of wheat in Moldova reached 1.283 million tons, which exceeded the expected rate by almost 300 thousand tons, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry declared. According to the announcement, the harvested areas under wheat in the country totaled 371 thousand ha with the average yield of 3.1 t/ha. In particular, milling wheat…
According to Rufco Company, in the Azov Sea basin grain freight rates have strengthened. Grain supply for transportation from Russian part of the basin increased gradually. Besides, some recovery of grain shipments from the ports of Volga and Don (in the direction of Iran and Turkey) was observed in the market. As a result, outflow…
The State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumers’ Rights Protection has imposed a ban on imports of cattle and associated products from countries where Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) has been recorded. “We are drawing up rules to prevent the spread of the disease and combat it. This week the first draft document will…
The process of corporatization of the state-owned enterprise NAEC “Energoatom” should provide for the opportunity to involve the western partners, including from the USA, in the company’s management. President of NAEC “Energoatom” Yuri Nedashkovsky said this, speaking at the meeting of the Eurasian Center of the Atlantic Council in the United States, the press service…