On September 30, the minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi signed the Annex #1 to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and market participants – grain exporters for 2016/2017 MY. The document settles voluntary coordination of the possible volumes of grain exports from Ukraine in 2016/2017 MY,…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has congratulated the Kyiv-based government-run Luch Design Bureau on its successful test of the Sarmat new remote weapon system with anti-tank missiles. The head of state said that Ukrainian Armed Forces were the main guarantee of the country’s independence. (Interfax/Business World Magazine)
In the current season the export potential of Ukraine in the grain segment totals 38.1 million tons. This is a decrease of only 1.1% compared with the record high level in 2015/2016 MY. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman urges the representatives of Korean business to invest in Ukraine. “I would like to take this opportunity to encourage you, dear colleagues, to deepen our cooperation both in the field of trade relations and in investment, particularly in the economy of Ukraine”, he said at a meeting with leaders of Korean…
In Ukraine weather conditions were moderately warm with lack of precipitations. Light rains (3-10 mm) were observed in the Western, Northern and Eastern regions, though they did not replenish soil moisture stocks in the winter crop fields considerably. The driest conditions (as of September 25) were seen in the regions of Cherkassy, Kirovograd, Poltava and…
The Council of Europe plans to provide Ukraine with 45 million euros to support reforms, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin posted on Twitter. “The Day of Ukrainian reforms in the Council of Europe. The Council of Europe’s action plan for Ukraine envisages EUR 45 million to support Ukrainian reforms – the largest support package…
As of September 30, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 43.608 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 10.902 million ha, or 76% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared. At the same time, on the same date last year the production volumes reached 41.8…