The law extending a moratorium to sell farmland until 2018 passed by Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada on October 6, was officially published in Holos Ukrainy parliament’s newspaper on November 1. The law amending Section X of the transition clauses of the Land Code of Ukraine regarding a ban to sell farmland extends the moratorium to sell…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised upwards expectations regarding the ratio between Ukraine’s gross foreign debt and GDP in 2016-2017. According to the IMF, the indicator will grow to 141.3% of GDP from 136.4% of GDP (earlier it was excepted to be 152.3% of GDP) and in 2017 it will fall to 136.3% of…
Ukrainian farmers are completing sunseed harvesting. As of October 31, sunseed was gathered from 5490.5 thousand ha or 93% of the intended area (5916.2 thousand ha), up by 11.8% YoY (4909 thousand ha). Farmers obtained 12023.3 KMT of sunseed with the average yields of 2.19 MT/ha, which is all-time high for Ukraine. In 2015 farmers…
Natural gas production in Ukraine in January-October increased by 0.9% (by 151.8 million cubic meters) YoY, to 16.661 billion cubic meters. According to PJSC Ukrtransgaz, in October gas production amounted to 1.713 billion cubic meters, up by 0.5% YoY. In October, in particular, gas extraction by PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia amounted to 1.23 billion cubic meters, PJSC…
This year ViOil company invested 100 million UAH in the capacity modernization of Vinnitsa oil and fat complex. Daily crushing capacity is now increased to 3 KMT of oilseeds, which will contribute 30% to crushing productivity. In 2013 ViOil industrial group launched its second oil extracting plant at Vinnitsa complex with the project capacity of…
Berdyansk Commercial Sea Port is ready to invest $10 million in construction of a grain terminal, and use the experience of the city Gdansk in Poland, the head of the port Nikolai Ilyin declared. The port is a public company, and it is ready to take investments. The port can provide an opportunity to invest…
To date the Ukrainian market of oilseeds (sunflower seed, soybeans) demonstrates high moisture indicators, which exceed the standard. According to market operators, the moisture content of sunflower seed varies within the range of 11-16%, and soybeans – 12-18%. The basic values for moisture content of sunflower seed total no more than 8%, soybeans – no…