Despite the systematic increase in corn production volumes in Ukraine, the tendency of corn oil production mainly showed downward dynamics. According to the statistics figures, in 2015 Ukraine produced 7.97 thousand tons of the commodity, down by 35% compared with the index in 2011 (12.26 thousand tons). It should be noted that the reporting market…
Cargo volume handled at the terminals of Port of Odessa (Odessa Marine Trade Port) in January-July totaled 13.6 million tons, down by 4% YoY, the Center for Transport Strategies (CTS) reported, citing Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA). There was a twofold drop in the segment of liquid bulk cargo to 1.17 million tons. The volume…
The State Statistics Committee of Ukraine greatly surprised or even shocked the market by publishing the final data on oilseeds planted area, particularly that of sunflower – 5.9 million ha. It’s not that the market hasn’t expected such a large sunflower acreage in 2016, but on the contrary. Back in December 2015 UkrAgroConsult estimated that…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers approved of a draft resolution facilitating the registration of imported medicines in Ukraine and narrowing it to 10 days. “The adoption of the draft resolution would help to improve the registration of medicines in Ukraine: it will help to relax the registration of medicines that have been registered by authorized agencies…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has agreed on the procedure for keeping the register of the producers of organic products (raw materials). As explained by Agrarian Policy and Food Minister of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi, the adopted procedure for keeping the register of producers of organic products (raw materials) will not provide anything new in…
The scheduled repair of Nord Stream for the period from August 9 through August 17 has resulted in a rise in Russian gas transit across the Ukrainian gas transport system to Europe by 20%, spokesman of public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz Maksym Beliavsky has said. “Due to repair of Nord Stream gas pumping by Ukraine to…
Support of small and medium farms, investments in agrarian sector of Ukraine are the essential possibilities for the production of high quality products, said Taras Kutovyi, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. “Ukrainian small and medium farmers have all possibilities to become attractive players for foreign partners. Due to this, the support…