According to the Agriculture Ministry, wheat planted area for the 2017 crop will remain at the previous year’s level – 6198 thousand ha. Last year winter wheat acreage was significantly lower than many-year average, which is nearly 6700 thousand ha. Given the last year’s considerable area reduction, it would be logical to expect at least…
Transit truck haulage across the territory of Belarus reduced by 0.8% YoY in H1 to 414,142 trips, the Belarusian Association of International Trucking Companies (BAMAP) reported. Belarusian trucking companies accounted for 15% of transit truck haulage in H1 2016, Russian truckers – 58.3%, Polish truckers – 18.3%, Lithuanian truckers – 8.3%. Transit truck haulage across…
In January-September Russian seaports handled 531.7 million tons of cargo (up by 5.7% YoY), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports. Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 248.7 million tons (+7.8%) including 101.9 million tons of coal (+12.0%), 31.4 million tons of containerized cargo (+4.8%), 24.3 million tons of grain (+2.1%), 21.5…
The net profit of OAO SvetlogorskKhimvolokno (Svetlogorsk Chemical Fiber Plant) totaled Br22,000 in H1 2016, which makes an equivalent of $11,418, up by 10% YoY, according to the quarterly report released by the Finance Ministry’s Securities Department. SvetlogorskKhimvolokno’s revenues reached Br106.58 million in H1 2016 ($55.314 million), up by 18.5% YoY. The company’s only shareholder…
The Russian government has signed a ruling allowing imports of oranges, tangerines, apricots, peaches, plums and blackthorn from Turkey. But imports of grapes, apples, pears, strawberry, tomatoes and some other fruit and vegetables are still prohibited. Russia banned imports of some fruit and vegetables from Turkey from January 1, as part of retaliatory measures after…
Russian oil companies will cut their output if the government decides to decrease it, Leonid Fedun, the vice president at oil major Lukoil, reported. On October 10, president Vladimir Putin said that the country was ready to join OPEC in a freeze of oil production, if such an agreement was reached. “Joint actions of all…
Russia will lift restrictions on import of all citrus fruit, pears and plums from Turkey, assistant head of Russian phytosanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor Alexei Alexeenko reported. “These are all citrus fruit and drupes, traditional fruit for Turkey – pears, plums, etc.”, Alexeenko said. Fruit will be supplied to Russia from regions free from quarantine pests and…