The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has held a meeting with the Minister of Environmental Protection, Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Ze’ev Elkin. As Head of Israeli part of the Joint Ukraine-Israel Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Minister has informed the President on the results of its regular session held in Kyiv on October…
In 2015 Naftogaz Ukrainy increased production of oil and condensate by 20.7% YoY, to 318,000 tons (2.33 million barrels). According to a company consolidated report, posted on its website, commercial gas production was 192 million cubic meters, up 4.8 times YoY. In general, since the launch of the project in Egypt in 2009 a total…
Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) plans to increase poultry output at its plant in the Netherlands to 10,000 tons per month, MHP Chairman Yuriy Kosiuk has said. “Today we’ve reached 1,500 tons a month. I think our goal is 10,000 tons per month”, he reported. However, he found it difficult to say how soon this volume of…
After long term September drought rains were observed throughout the whole territory of Ukraine last week. Thus, heavy rains were seen in Lvov region (Western Ukraine) – on October 4, daily precipitation totaled 54.3 mm –a lmost a monthly norm (95%). In Kharkov region 10 days precipitation amount varied within 5-12 mm, or 38-92% of…
In January-September the grain terminal JSC Ak Biday Terminal, the subsidiary company of National Company Food Contract Corporation JSC, exported nearly 402.1 thousand tons of grains through its grain terminal in the Aktau port, the press-service of Food Contract Corporation declared. According to the announcement, in the same period of 2015 the shipped volumes totaled…
Decrease in prices for milling wheat was seen at the export market of Kazakhstan. Last week export prices for 12.5% wheat decreased by $20-22 on average in the Aktau port to $163-170/MT FOB. New wheat crop, which is expected to be the highest in Kazakhstan over the past five years, puts pressure on prices. Export…
Investment interest in Ukraine is restrained by the unfavorable business environment in the country, according to participants of the Kyiv International Economic Forum. According to Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine Roman Waschuk, Canadian investors are interested in entering or expanding activities in Ukraine. At the same time, they are interested in certain guarantees of investment…