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…
The State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumers’ Rights Protection has imposed a ban on imports of cattle and associated products from countries where Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) has been recorded. “We are drawing up rules to prevent the spread of the disease and combat it. This week the first draft document will…
The process of corporatization of the state-owned enterprise NAEC “Energoatom” should provide for the opportunity to involve the western partners, including from the USA, in the company’s management. President of NAEC “Energoatom” Yuri Nedashkovsky said this, speaking at the meeting of the Eurasian Center of the Atlantic Council in the United States, the press service…
Belarus plans to increase exports of agricultural and food products to $7.5 billion by 2020, according to the program of socio-economic development of Belarus for 2016-2020. In order to achieve the objective, it is envisaged to realize a number of measures aimed at ensuring the competitive advantages in the agricultural industry of the country. The…
Coal stocks at warehouses of thermal power plants (TPPs) in Ukraine during the first 10 days of August decreased by 66,800 tons to 863,000 tons. This has been reported by the press service of NPC Ukrenergo. As of August 1, 929,800 tons of coal were stored at warehouses of the thermal power plants. (Ukrinform/Business World…
Belshina (Bobruisk, Mogilev Region) has announced a tender to choose an equipment supplier for its high-bay warehouse. The company plans to spend Br2.3 million ($1.163 million). The closing date for applications is September 15. Belshina wants to have the equipment supplied in the period from April 1 to June 30, 2017. The state-owned tyre manufacturer…
Nordic Industries (Lithuania) received trader and broker certificates of Belarusian Universal commodity Exchange (BUCE) on August 9, BUCE spokesman Roman Yaniv said. “Besides participation in exchange auctions Nordic Industries is expected to bring new Lithuanian companies to BUCE’s trading platforms and will promote commodity exchange services on the Lithuanian market. BUCE and Nordic Industries are…