Ukraine: profitability of flour exports low

In 2015/2016 MY, profitability of Ukrainian flour exports is quite low in comparison with other countries, the adviser to the Chairman at Agrarian Fund PJSC Sergei Sakirkin declared. According to him, in 2015/2016 MY Ukraine supplied 344 thousand tons of flour to foreign markets valued at $72.29 million, while the USA – 303 thousand tons…

Ukraine: Germany provides EUR 150 million for substation modernization in Donbas

Germany’s credit institution KfW is providing a EUR 150 million loan for implementation of a project to reconstruct substations in eastern Ukraine. The individual loan agreement between Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers and KfW was signed at the ninth meeting of the Ukraine-Germany high-level group on economic cooperation. Eva Witt, KfW Director for Eastern Europe, Caucasus…

Ukraine: number of crushing plants going up

Last week “Seedco Ukraine” in Ichnya town (Chernigov region) launched the first line of crushing plant. Project capacity is 80 tons per day and yearly production capacity is 25 KMT. The installed equipment allows crushing not only sunseed, but also other crops. The company has relationships with trading companies of EU and Japan and so…