In 2016/2017 MY, the market of sunflower seed and sunflower oil in Ukraine will face the bearish trend, the Consultant at Agritel International Oleksandra Suslova declared. According to Agritel forecasts, the prospect of record harvest volumes of sunflower seed in Ukraine will have its critical pressure on prices, despite the large number of processing enterprises…
The current problems with supplies of Russian wheat to Egypt, due to requirements of zero ergot fungus content in the imported grain, will not have any significant influence on the export potential of Russia, the Director of the Department of regulation of agricultural markets at the Ministry of Agriculture Vladimir Volik declared. According to him,…
A delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), headed by Bruno Balvanera, director for the South Caucasus, Moldova and Belarus, arrived in Baku. Balvanera introduced Ivana Duarte, the new head of the bank’s Baku office, to the Azerbaijani government. The EBRD delegation was received by Shahin Mustafayev, Azerbaijani economy minister, as part…
Chinese companies may become owners of up to 50% in the Oil and Gas Processing and Petrochemical Complex (OGPC) in Azerbaijan, head of the country’s state oil company SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev said. He said that the work on this issue was underway. “As you know, SOCAR and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed a memorandum…
Agrometeorological conditions for soil preparation and autumn sowing vary all over the country. Waterlogging of 10-cm soil layer was noted in some places of Vitebsk, Grodno and Minsk regions due to the rains, which complicates the conditions of field works. During the next few days the top layer of waterlogged soil will dry due to…
The 13th session of the Kazakh-Azerbaijani intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation will be held in Astana on September 21-22, the Kazakh embassy in Baku said in a message. The Azerbaijani delegation will be headed by Natig Aliyev, energy minister, co-chairman of the intergovernmental commission. “The sides will discuss a wide range of bilateral issues relating…
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR will be a technical consultant for Ionian Adriatic Pipeline (IAP) project, Murad Heydarov, head of SOCAR Balkan company, said. He added that the initial report had already beendelivered and at the first stage, the proposals for the specific project were given. “The specific project is the first line, which will…