Aeroflot has received four new A321s equipped with aerodynamic wing-tips known as Sharklets. All A321 aircraft are named in honor of outstanding Russian people who contributed a lot to artistic, cultural and scientific development. VP-BAE bears the name of Sergei Bondarchuk, a Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. (Russian Aviation/Business World Magazine)
In 2015/2016 Russian wheat exports totaled 24.65 MMT, up by 15% YoY. Main tendencies of the finished season were the decrease in wheat purchases from Turkey and higher exports to Egypt. Thus, share of Turkey in Russian wheat exports decreased from 20% in 2014/2015 to 13% in 2015/2016. While the share of Egypt grew to…
In January-July seaports of Russia increased the shipment volumes of grains by 16.9% YoY, to 15.3 million tons, the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation announced. At the same time, in the reporting month some increase in mineral fertilizers shipment was observed – by 2.8%, to 9.3 million tons. The general cargo…
The Russian ban on the supplies of food products established in 2014 contributes to development of domestic agro-industrial complex and should be extended after the end of its effective term (December 2017), the Minister of Agriculture of Russia Alexander Tkachev declared. “In order to further promote import substitution, increase the competitiveness of the domestic production…
On August 6 and 7, at the seaports of Yeysk, Taman, Kavkaz and Novorossiysk (Kransodar Krai) 21 dry cargo ships were loaded with grain and grain products. Officers of the Regional Office of Rosselkhoznadzor (Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance) for Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Adygea issued 43 phytosanitary certificates for 397,959…
In August Russia will export nearly 3-3.1 million tons of grains, as opposed to 4.2 million tons in the same month last year, the Deputy Director of the strategic management department at Rusagrotrans CJSC Igor Pavensky announced. At the same time, he noted that the previous forecast totaled 3.5 million tons, but Rusagrotrans had to…
According to preliminary data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), in 2016/2017 MY the planted areas under sunflower seed in Russia will increase by 7% compared with the previous season – to 7.5 million ha. The reporting result will become the second largest one after the record index in 2011/2012 MY (7.6 million ha).…