As of July 4, agrarians harvested 2.04 million tons of early grains and pulses throughout the areas of 576 thousand ha, or 6% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.54 t/ha. At the same time, on the same date in 2015 agrarians harvested 1.53 million tons of grains throughout 502 thousand ha, with the…
According to the official statistics data, in May Ukraine imported 3.9 thousand tons of rye. Belarus became the single country-supplier of the reporting grain volumes. During March-May Ukraine purchased 11.4 thousand tons of rye from the Republic of Belarus, which exceeded the import volumes from other directions in the previous 10 seasons (2.4 thousand tons).…
Ukraine increased gas production by 2% YoY in January-May 2016 to 8.391 billion cubic meters (bcm), the Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry said. Naftogaz enterprises reduced gas production by 1.1%, to 6.67 bcm, including production of 6.12 bcm by Ukrgazvydobuvannia and a 0.550 bcm by Ukrnafta. Other oil and gas companies operating in Ukraine…
According to the Russian Slon.ru news portal, the Ukrainian economy has been showing stronger growth than that of Russia, according to the official statistics of the two countries. In the fourth quarter of 2015, Ukraine’s GDP did not fall as steeply as Russia’s, and, in the first quarter of 2016, even rose slightly in contrast…
The production of vodka in Russia has increased year on year by 30% in April and 29% in May. The increase has been informally linked to raids carried out by the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Federal Tax Service in February. The groups raided a number of illegal vodka factories in the Northern Caucasus, closing…
The Hong Kong Airport Authority is considering selling off the aircraft, owned by a defunct Russian airline, after it failed to pay outstanding parking fees, according to a court document. In a rare move, the city’s aviation bosses are seeking to claw back money owed by Transaero Airlines, enforcing the Airport Authority Ordinance, which empowers…
Current potato prices in Russia take just a third of those levels registered in the mid-February 2015. For the present, farmers from main producing regions are ready to ship at RUB 6-8/kg ($0.07-0.11/kg), and prices of nonstandard produce do not exceed RUB 5/kg ($0.06/kg). For comparison, last year growers were uninterested in selling high-quality potatoes…