Ukraine is ready to increase the shipment volumes of grains, flour, vegetable oils, dairy and meat products, sugar, confectionery products, organic products to Palestine, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi declared during a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture of Palestine Sufian Sultan. Sultan said that Palestine was interested in…
In 2016 Kazakhstan will increase the volume of investments to the agro-industrial complex by 56%, the Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kuandyk Bishimbayev declared. The volume of agricultural production increased by 4.9%, including plant-growing products – by 12%, livestock products – by 2.3%. Stable results in the agricultural industry were caused…
Gross inflows of foreign direct investment grew in Kazakhstan in the first half of 2016, Kazakh Investment and Development Ministry reported. Direct investment hit $9.3 billion in this period, up by 25.8% YoY, Investment and Development Minister Zhenis Kasymbek said at the government meeting. According to the minister, as much as 60% of these investments…
On November 7-13, Ukraine exported 463.3 thousand tons of grains from the seaports, against 835.9 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 101.7 thousand tons, barley – 74.3 thousand tons, and corn – 287.3 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
As of November 11, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 58.441 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 13.176 million ha, or 92% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4.44 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported. At the same time, on the same date last year the production volumes reached 58.8…
Due to predominantly below-normal temperatures, winter crops faced bad weather conditions for their growth and development in October. In most of the country, the accumulated sum of effective degree-days was lower than in October 2015 when winter crops were also exposed to warmth shortages. Winter crops stopped active growth one or two weeks ahead of…
The 26th meeting of the Trade and Transport Facilitation (TTF) Project Steering Committee of the GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development will be held in Azerbaijan, the country’s State Customs Committee said in a message. The decision was made during the 25th meeting of the committee in the city of Lviv, Ukraine. At the…