On October 3-9, export volumes of grains from the Russian seaports reached 325.8 thousand tons against 425.8 thousand tons shipped on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments totaled 238.3 thousand tons, barley – 14.2 thousand tons, corn – 70.4 thousand tons, and peas – 3 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
In January-July Azerbaijan imported wheat from Kazakhstan valued at $3.2 million, or 73% of the general volume of Kazakh exports to the country, the Minister of Industry and Energy of Azerbaijan Natig Aliyev declared. Kazakhstan is the strategic partner of Azerbaijan in the issue of food security. Azerbaijan is a regular customer of Kazakh wheat,…
According to the results of the second review of implementation of the IMF program by Ukraine, the fund is “impressed” by the government’s efforts to carry out reforms and renew its economy. Director of the IMF’s European Department Poul M. Thomsen said this during a press conference in Washington. “We see that (economic) policy is…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin says that trade turnover between Ukraine and Russia will not exceed 4-5%. “We cannot retain previous economic ties with Russia. We will never return to a large volume of trade turnover with Russia. Earlier, the trade turnover reached 37%. Now it can total 4-5%”, Klimkin said. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)
Over the 8 months of 2016 flour production in Ukraine lowered by another 6%. In January-August Ukraine produced 1.212 MMT against 1.288 MMT over the same period of 2015. Flour production went down in all the key producing regions: Kharkov, Dniepropetrovsk, Kiev, Kherson, Odessa, etc. In contrast to the mentioned regions, production in Luhansk region…
Trade turnover between Ukraine and Turkey has exceeded $2 billion since the beginning of 2016. In particular, exports have come to $1.4 billion imports to and $667 million. The common goal of the two countries is to create comfortable conditions for Ukrainian and Turkish business by means of high-quality services and further improvement of customs…
In August sunoil exports were 258 KMT. In July Ukraine exported 353 KMT and in August 2015 – 224 KMT. Total sunoil export volumes in 2015/2016 were 4478 KMT compared to 3870 KMT in 2014/2015, which is a new record. EU countries remain among the key importers of Ukrainian sunoil (about 32% of all exports),…
According to territorial directorates of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), in July-September the exports of grain crops and its by-products from Russia totaled 12.5 million tons, the press-service declared. The exports of the reporting products, not including cargo movements to the territory of the Customs Union, totaled 12.1 million tons, down…
Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry is to hold talks with top managers of Hutchison Ports, a leading global port operator owning ports in 25 countries, on October 13, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has said. He said that on October 13, DP World Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem will arrive to Ukraine. The group manages…
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting dedicated to the upcoming commissioning of the first phase of the transnational railway trunk: Asia international railway transportation corridor, the Turkmen government said in a message. This is the construction of the Atamyrat-Imamnazar (Turkmenistan) – Akina (Afghanistan) section. The completion of the construction and installation work is scheduled…