Ukrainian 2016/2017 grain exports could be 7 million tons lower than originally expected due to logistical difficulties and some companies have already redirected shipments from Ukraine to other countries, traders said. Ukraine had planned to ship abroad around 41 million tons of grain in the 2016/2017 July-June season versus around 39 million tons a season…
China has proposed to establish Ukrainian-Chinese free trade area. Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Du Wei said this during an opening ceremony of Ukraine Silk Road International Forum held in Kyiv. “The Chinese side has proposed to create the Russian-Chinese free trade zone. We hope to intensify a research on this issue with the Ukrainian side”,…
This season wheat quality issues are particularly acute. An increase in feed grain supply from the Black Sea countries is a characteristic feature of the current season. The growth of milling wheat share in Ukraine will be offset by increased feed wheat production in Russia and Kazakhstan. Traditionally, Kazakhstan produces grain of highest quality compared…
The last two months demonstrated the Ukrainian government’s intent to prevent VAT refund amount reduction after its significant decrease in August. However, government will need from six months to a year to gain the market’s confidence. According to government’s representatives, as of October 26, the state VAT debt declined to 16 billion UAH. Experts hope…
The prime ministers of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) Organization for Democracy and Economic Development are due to discuss transport corridors and a free trade zone, GUAM Secretary General Altai Efendiyev reported. “Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has initiated a meeting of GUAM prime ministers in Kyiv to focus on the implementation of…
As of November 8, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 57.23 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 13.017 million ha, or 91% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4.4 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported. At the same time, on the same date last year the production volumes reached 57.7…
The current 2016/2017 soybean season is completely different from the past one, except for the fact that Ukraine is unlikely to obtain soybean crop higher than 4 MMT again. Each marketing year has its own characteristic features. The 2016/2017 soybean season can be characterized by the following: Planted area reduction due to low production profitability…