In the season-2015/2016 the processing volumes of soybeans at oil in Ukraine increased to 1.15 million tons, as opposed to 1 million tons in 2014/2015 MY (up by 14%), due to modernization of the existing processing lines, and increasing of the production capacities through launching of a new large factory of LLC Katerynopilsky Elevator at…
Russian gas giant Gazprom has increased its transit request through Ukraine to 277 million cubic meters daily, Maxim Belyavsky, spokesman for gas pipeline system operator Ukrtransgaz, said in a Facebook post. “A daily order for transit of 277 million cubic meters has arrived from Gazprom today. As far as I remember, this is the highest…
On September 16, the European Commission approved of eleven GM corn varieties created by Syngenta. The permission was granted for corn use as food and fodder for ten years, but did not apply to its cultivation. In July the European Commission allowed imports of three GM soybean lines (two – by Monsanto, and one –…
The European Union intends to allocate EUR 104 million to support Ukraine’s state management reform for 2016-2020, and Ukraine will receive the first tranche totaling EUR 10 million in early 2017. This was stated at a presentation of the renewed structure to support reforms, which was held in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine with…
Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk predicts that the nuclear power plants (NPPs) share of total power generation in Ukrainian power grid would grow from current 60% to 65% at the end of October. “We have brought the share of nuclear power generation from 47% in May to 60% today, and in a…
The Belarusian Potash Company (BPC) says it has opened an affiliated company in Ukraine. BPC’s Agrorozkvit (literally stands for AgroRenaissance) started operating in Ukraine in October. BPC refers to Ukraine as a country with developed agriculture and hopes to ensure maximum coverage of the country’s potash market with the help of Agrorozkvit led by Dmitry…
The 2015/2016 marketing year was quite successful for Ukraine in markets of sunflower seed and its processed products. All-time high sunseed production at 11760 KMT was the key to such a success. Favorable agro-meteorological conditions allowed obtaining the best results on close to record planted area, owing to minimal losses and high productivity. High sunflower…