Rye production is steadily declining in Ukraine. If earlier Ukraine was an exporter of rye, before 2014 Ukrainian rye harvest was just enough for domestic consumption only. Over the last two seasons a new trend has emerged – both rye and rye flour imports are growing. The need to import one of Ukrainian traditional grain…
As of October 4, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 45.08 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 11.149 million ha, or 78% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4.04 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 43.5…
As of October 3, all regions of Ukraine planted winter rapeseed throughout the areas of 717.5 thousand ha, or 99% of the plan, up by 145 thousand ha YoY, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared. Odessa, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil and Lviv regions showed the largest planted area under winter rapeseed. (APK-Inform/Business…
Asket Shipping company, which is a key cargo shipper of grains in the seaport of Berdyansk, plans to participate in investment project on construction of modern port silo. The company is at the first stage of this project. It plans to construct 8 grain silos with the total storage capacity of 67.5 KMT. Now, except…
As of October 3, winter crops had been sown at 3616 thousand ha, or 49% of the intended area – 7374 thousand ha. This included 3355 thousand ha of winter wheat and triticale (54% from the planned 6198 thousand ha), 114 thousand ha of rye (77% of 147 thousand ha), and 147 thousand ha of…
Public joint-stock company Turboatom (Kharkiv) buys welded pipes to make condensers of turbines for National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom from a foreign manufacturer at a price that is almost twice higher than their market price: some $12 per kg with the market price of around $6.8 per kg. Director of Osada Institute of Tube Industry…
The state could support Ukrainian pharmaceutical manufacturers by creating equally competitive conditions with foreign manufacturers, Deputy Health Minister Roman Ilyk has said. “There is no secret that in other countries the state supports pharmaceutical manufacturers, directly investing funds and making orders. There is no such possibility in Ukraine. We can create equally competitive conditions so…