Kazakhstan has almost completed realization of the project to expand the sea port of Aktau in the northern direction, which will increase the carrying capacity from 16.5 million tons to 19.5 million tons, the press-service of the port declared. The project consists of three stages: construction of protective hydraulic engineering structures, dredging and construction of…
India is interested in the development of pharmaceutical industry in Sumy region and plans to expand production there. Indian Ambassador to Ukraine Manoj Kumar Bharti said this during a visit to Sumy region. “The pharmaceutical industry is now one of the areas, where the cooperation between the two countries has been already set up. In…
In January-July the export volumes of agricultural food products from Ukraine increased by 2.6% YoY to $7.8 billion, while imports went up by 10% to $2.2 billion, the press-service of the Association “Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” (UCAB) declared. According to the announcement, the share of agricultural products in the general export structure reached 40.1%, up by…
In August Russia will export nearly 3-3.1 million tons of grains, as opposed to 4.2 million tons in the same month last year, the Deputy Director of the strategic management department at Rusagrotrans CJSC Igor Pavensky announced. At the same time, he noted that the previous forecast totaled 3.5 million tons, but Rusagrotrans had to…
According to preliminary data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), in 2016/2017 MY the planted areas under sunflower seed in Russia will increase by 7% compared with the previous season – to 7.5 million ha. The reporting result will become the second largest one after the record index in 2011/2012 MY (7.6 million ha).…
General production of wheat in Moldova reached 1.283 million tons, which exceeded the expected rate by almost 300 thousand tons, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry declared. According to the announcement, the harvested areas under wheat in the country totaled 371 thousand ha with the average yield of 3.1 t/ha. In particular, milling wheat…
According to Rufco Company, in the Azov Sea basin grain freight rates have strengthened. Grain supply for transportation from Russian part of the basin increased gradually. Besides, some recovery of grain shipments from the ports of Volga and Don (in the direction of Iran and Turkey) was observed in the market. As a result, outflow…