The 2015/2016 grain season is coming to an end in Kazakhstan (September 2015 – August 2016). High exports of basic grain crops and flour, was the main feature of the 2015/2016 marketing year in Kazakhstan, as well as in Ukraine and in Russia. However, in case of Kazakhstan, grain shipments did not reach all-time high,…
In August 29 – September 4, export volumes of grains from the Russian seaports reached 637.1 thousand tons, against 203.1 thousand tons shipped in the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments totaled 595.2 thousand tons, barley – 26.7 thousand tons, and peas – 15.2 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
In July large and medium-sized enterprises of Ukraine produced 193 KMT of sunflower oil compared to 285 KMT in June and 207 KMT in July 2015. Since the beginning of the season sunflower oil production has totaled 3543 KMT, up by 77 KMT or by 2% YoY. This season (September-July) small enterprises are expected to…
According to preliminary figures of the association Ukroliyaprom, in 2015/2016 MY the production and export volumes of sunflower oil in Ukraine increased by 10% to 4.85 million tons and 4.4 million tons respectively, the press-service of the Association declared. According to the announcement, increasing of sunflower seed harvest in the country caused the reporting growth…
Belarus finished rapeseed sowing for 2017 harvest. According to Belarus AgMin farmers will increase rapeseed sowing area to 360 thousand ha. As of August 31, sowing has been carried out at 332.1 thousand ha or 92.3% from the total sowing area. Last year sowing area of rapeseed 264 totaled thousand ha. (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)
E.ON Connecting Energies LLC (ECE) – a joint venture of Unipro PJSC and E.ON Connecting Energies GmbH – launched an 800 kW combined heat and power plant (CHP) at the METRO shopping centre in Nizhny Novgorod. The CHP will heat the store and meet a portion of its electricity needs. The ECE experts developed a…
As of September 1, cargo traffic within the Azov-Don Basin of Russia’s inland water ways climbed by 4% YoY, to 6,207,000 tons, says the Administration of Azov-Don Basin. In the reported period, transportation of heavy fuel oil fell by 8.8%, to 1,954,000 tons, that of sulfur went up by 19% to 1,002,000 tons, of diesel…