Russia: vegoil production down

In May Russia produced 283 KMT of sunflower oil against 267 KMT in April 2016 and 283 KMT in May 2015. Since the beginning of the season (September-May) sunflower oil production equaled 3084 KMT, down by 10% YoY. Production share of processed sunflower products is more than 80% of the total vegoil production (3833 KMT).…

Russia: seaports of Krasnodar Krai export 9 million tons of grains in January-July 2016

In January-July the seaports Yeysk, Kavkaz, Novorossiysk, Temryuk, Taman and Tuapse shipped for exports 572 vessels with grains and by-products, at the volume of more than 8.9 million tons, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) declared. In particular, the share of wheat in the general structure of grain exports from the reporting…

Russia: quality of new crop wheat down

According to market participants, in the current season in the European part of Russia the qualitative characteristics of new crop of wheat became significantly lower compared with last year. In particular, rather insufficient volumes of high-quality 3-grade wheat are observed. Therefore, during two recent weeks the market often demonstrated high prices for the grain. Qualitative…

Russia: Acron sells its stake in Hongri-Acron

Acron sold its subsidiary holding 50.5% shares in China’s Hongri-Acron, the Russian fertilizers company said. An investment and industrial company from Hong Kong acted as a buyer. “In line with Acron Group’s long-term development strategy, we decided to sell our stake in Hongri Acron plant in China and focus on further development of our Russian…