Ukraine: KrAZ maintains production level and revs up

Continuing trucks market decline in Ukraine that has almost brought domestic production to a halt affects negatively “AutoKrAZ”. The only Ukrainian manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks, Kremenchug Automobile Plant, finds it difficult to withstand crisis but progress made shows that the situation stabilizes gradually and production rate tends to increase. Within the second quarter of this…

Ukraine: new Mitsubishi car distributor created

One of the largest corporations in Japan, Mitsubishi Corporation, and NIKO Group have created a joint venture MMC Ukraine LLC (Kyiv) with 60% and 40% shares respectively. The company is a new Mitsubishi car distributor in Ukraine. MMC Ukraine has been a representative of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation in Ukraine and Moldova since May 10, 2016.…

Russia: grain harvest to reach record volumes

In 2016, the general grain harvest in Russia will reach 110 million tons, which will become the record index for the country, announced the deputy director of the strategic management department at Rusagrotrans Igor Pavensky. According to the expert, Rusagrotrans raised its estimations of the index from 108.1 million tons to 110 million tons. If…

Ukraine: a new record of grain exports broken

In 2015/2016 MY, Ukraine broke a new record of grain exports, which totaled 39.415 million tons, an increase of 4.61 million tons compared with the previous season, or up by 13%, declared the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. In particular, last season Ukraine exported 17.354 million tons of wheat, 17.396 million tons…