The gross grain harvest in Kazakhstan this year was 23.7 million tons, up almost by 4 million tons YoY. Kazakh farmers have also harvested 3.6 million tons of vegetables and 2.2 million tons of melons, exceeding last year’s produce yield by 511,000 tons. First Vice Minister of Agriculture Kairat Aituganov reported on the results and…
The Food Contract Corporation procurement prices for sunseed, rapeseed and linseed were adjusted upwards (on average by 6%). Procurement prices for soybeans were left unchanged. In October the Food Contract Corporation for the first time announced procurement of sunseed, linseed, rapeseed and soybeans. The measures taken by the corporation contributed to the formation of optimal…
In November Ukraine exported record volumes of sunflower oil at 535.6 thousand tons, up by 23% MoM and by 44% YoY. During the first 3 months of the season-2016/2017 (September-November) the country exported 1.24 million tons of sunflower oil, up by 31% YoY. India took the first position in the list of countries-importers with a…
In January-November the revenue of Moldova’s state budget was MDL 24 billion 953 million, down by 0.9% YoY (MDL 234.7 million). The State budget expenditures were MDL 28 billion 230.5 million, up by MDL 1 billion 674.6 million or by 6.3% YoY, the Ministry of Finance informs. As a result, the state budget deficit amounted…
In January-November Moldova’s internal state debt increased by MDL 14.47 million (3 times) to MDL 21 billion 695.7 million. The increase was caused by the rise in state securities to be placed on the primary market by MDL 1 billion 129 million and the issue of state securities worth MDL 13 billion 341.2 million for…
In 2016 Nibulon increased its agricultural production volumes by 10% YoY, to 340 thousand tons, the press-service of the company declared. According to the Deputy General Director of agricultural production Kostiantyn Khmelnytskyi, early spring crops vegetation, prolonged spring with low air temperatures, rains at the end of spring and in the first half of summer,…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has allowed the sale of ending stocks of medicines eligible to reimbursement. They were delivered to pharmacy chains at the wholesale prices exceeding the upper limit set in Ukrainian law before February 1, 2017. Presenting the draft document acting Health Minister of Ukraine Ulana Suprun said that the resolution would help…