Ukraine’s antimonopoly authority has asked participants of the Russia-led Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline construction to agree terms of the project with Kiev. “The participants of the project ought to abstain from any activities which could lead to competition limitations in Ukraine before the receipt of a permit… for the agreed upon actions. Due to the…
The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia suggested the government to zero the export duties on wheat until July 1, 2017, the head of the department of agribusiness market regulation at the Ministry of Agriculture Vladimir Volik declared. According to him, the government will debate about the issue in the nearest weeks. It is not the…
Pivdenmash state-run enterprise (Dnipro) will start production of Zenit launch vehicles in the interests of Sea Launch and Land Launch projects suspended in 2014 after financing of the programs is resumed by the customer. “Pivdenmash has not forwarded any additional requirements or conditions on continuation of the Sea Launch and Land Launch programs and would…
The arbiter panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in general supports an E.U. case against Russia’s prohibition of imports of its pork products, according to a WTO statement. The arbiters say that several measures introduced by Russia contradict the country’s WTO obligations. On January 30, 2014, the Russian veterinary authority prohibited imports of European…
The Armed Forces of Ukraine received more than 110 weapons and military equipment units and over 10,000 smoke hand grenades and signal sound-and-light mines last week. Spokesman for the Defence Ministry of Ukraine Lieutenant Colonel Oleksiy Chornobai said this at the briefing. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine received motor vehicles, navigation equipment, ground-based radars, and…
According to Ukrainian Agrarian Ministry, share of oilseeds in the total cropping pattern will be increased by 4% YoY. Having finished winter crops harvesting campaign, agrarians of 16 regions have started winter rapeseed sowing for the 2017 crop. As of August 18, nearly 139 thousand ha had been sown with winter rapeseed, or 19% of…
In 2015/2016 MY the imports of seeds of high-oleic sunflower to Ukraine (for the harvest-2016) totaled 2.2 thousand tons, up 2.5 times YoY. Due to development of the market of high-oleic sunflower oil in the country, the planted areas under the oilseed started growing, and the demand for seed raw materials and market capacity continues…