In August Ukraine imported 16 KMT of palm oil against 12.3 KMT in July 2016 and 12.8 KMT in August 2015. Total volume imported in 2015/2016 (September-August) was 24% higher than over the last season. Thus, total imports equaled 181.2 KMT against 145.7 KMT in 2015/2016. Malaysia and Indonesia traditionally remained the main suppliers of…
Indian importers have purchased around 76,000 tons of Ukrainian-origin wheat in the past couple of weeks as India increases its wheat imports after a poor crop. One shipment of around 51,000 tons was purchased for September shipment and another of 25,000 tons was bought for October shipment. It is possible that more could have been…
Four Ukrainian universities made it to the list of the latest World University Rankings, released annually by Times Higher Education. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Lviv Polytechnic National University, National technical University of Ukraine – Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, and V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University had a rating in the range of 801 and…
In August Ukraine exported 2851.2 KMT of wheat, up by 50% YoY (1892.8 KMT). Over the first two months of the current season Ukrainian exporters shipped 34% more wheat than over the same period of last season (3575.5 KMT against 2662.4 KMT in July-August 2015/2016). Thailand became the key importer of Ukrainian wheat with purchases…
The Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) and the Brazilian Rural Society (Sociedade Rural Brasileira, SRB) have signed a memorandum of cooperation during the VII International Conference ‘Large Farm Management’. “Ukraine and Brazil are very similar countries in terms of a starting point in agriculture development. Prior to becoming a strong agricultural country, Brazil had the same…
In January-August the average selling prices of agricultural enterprises for agricultural products increased by 7.4% YoY, the press-service of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine declared. In particular, in the reporting period the average prices for plant growing commodities grew by 19.4%, and the prices for livestock commodities dropped by 0.9%. Also, in August the…
Another vegoil extracting plant has been opened in Ukraine. In Lvov region on the basis of D-Mix ltd a new plant on oilseed crushing was launched. Planned crushing volume is 50 KMT of oilseeds and the expected turnover is 550 million UAH a year. (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)