Current potato prices in Russia take just a third of those levels registered in the mid-February 2015. For the present, farmers from main producing regions are ready to ship at RUB 6-8/kg ($0.07-0.11/kg), and prices of nonstandard produce do not exceed RUB 5/kg ($0.06/kg). For comparison, last year growers were uninterested in selling high-quality potatoes…
This year sunflower planted area for the 2016/2017 crop has already reached 7069.7 thousand ha, which exceeds the intended 6949.6 thousand ha by 120.1 thousand ha. As UkrAgroConsult estimated earlier, planted area may be expanded to 7200 thousand ha. Despite the fact that this area is below the record large acreage of the 2011/2012 season…
Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Control has reconsidered its decision to ban imports of vegetative products from Macedonia, the watchdog’s deputy head Alexey Alekseyenko said after negotiations with the republic’s representatives in Moscow. “Previously, we were concerned over attempts by criminal groups to use fake certificates of Macedonia’s Quarantine and Plant Protection Service”,…
As of July 4, Russian agrarians continued harvesting grains and pulses. Agrarians harvested grain crops throughout the areas of 1.4 million ha (in 2015 – 0.7 million ha) and produced nearly 6 million tons of grains, with the average yield of 4.27 t/ha (in 2015 – 2.7 million tons with the yield of 3.85 t/ha),…
Russia’s Rusal and Hebei Joy Sense Cable Co. (HJSC), a leading Chinese aluminum alloy cable manufacturer, have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture Rusal-Hebei Joy Sense Cable Special Aluminum Products Co. Ltd., Rusal reported. At this stage, the partners will invest $1 million and make further investment decisions on completion of the feasibility…
Alcohol imports into Russia may stop due to a shortage of excise stamps. Russian law requires all alcohol imports to have a stamp so that they can be properly taxed. The State Duma called for the old excise stamps to be replaced by a new model last year, but no company has yet been given…
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…