Rice imports to Ukraine continued shrinking this season. Ukraine imported 14 KMT of rice from July till November 2016/2017, down by 35% YoY. India continues to be Ukraine’s traditional rice supplier, though with noticeably reduced shipments. 5.5 KMT of Indian rice was imported to Ukraine in the period under review against 7.9 KMT in July-November…
Last year, Ukraine supplied 4.8 million tons of sunflower oil to foreign markets, up by 23% YoY, which became a record, the association of enterprises for vegetable oils and fats production and processing Ukroliyaprom declared. Exports of fat-and-oil commodities in monetary terms reached $4.8 billion against $4.2 billion in the previous year. According to the…
The operation results of Astarta agroindustrial holding improved in all business segments in 2016, the company’s press service reported. Astarta’s plants increased sugar production by 42% in 2016/2017 agricultural year (September-August), to 505,000 tons YoY. Gas consumption per ton of sugar beet fell by 4%, to 25,100 cubic meters. In 2016 the company exported a…
Four international companies are supplying imported gas to Ukraine to sell it to local consumers, Commercial Director of the national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy Yuriy Vitrenko reported. “These are Hungarian, Swiss, German and French companies,” he said. Vitrenko said that in January these and other importers of natural gas to Ukraine imported less gas than…
In January-December 2016 Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port (Vladmorrybport OJSC) handled 327,000 tons of fish cargo (up by 6.3% YoY) Transshipment of containers totaled 142,364 TEUs (+10.3%); metal scrap – 376,700 tons (+30.3%); dry bulk cargo – 926,200 tons (+51.6%). Over the year the port handled 781 vessels (including 210 vessels with fish and supplies) and…
Moldova has outlines for settling its debt to Russian gas giant Gazprom, but the debt of the breakaway Transdniester republic is a complicated issue, Moldovan President Igor Dodon said. “We have an idea how to end the situation. As of today, the debt of the right bank (of the Dniester River) is about $500 million.…
S&P Global Ratings assigned its preliminary ‘B’ long-term corporate credit rating to Kernel Holding S.A. (Kernel), a Ukraine-based producer and exporter of sunflower oil and grains. The outlook is stable, S&P said in a press release. S&P assigned its preliminary ‘B’ ratings to Kernel and its proposed U.S. dollar-denominated eurobond. Final ratings will depend on…