Peas harvesting is nearly over in Ukraine. This year in Ukraine peas acreage exceeded last year’s area by 33% and reached five-year high. And not only favorable weather during sowing contributed to this. In 2015 peas appeared to be one of the most profitable agri crops among grains and pulses, as well as more attractive…
DetailsDespite 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…
DetailsCargo 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsIranian Communications Minister Mahmoud Vaezi said that Tehran was in talks with the Roscosmos corporation on the implementation details of the nuclear project in Iran and was trying to agree on a suitable price. Tehran and Russia’s Roscosmos space corporation agreed on the general design, development and launching of a remote-sensing satellite for the needs…
DetailsAccording to territorial directorates of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), in July Russia exported 3.6 million tons of grains and by-products on the basis of issued phytosanitary certificates, up by 12% YoY. In particular, grains formed the major share of the reporting foreign supplies – 3.14 million tons (up by 8%…
DetailsThe Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus forecasts the general harvest of grains and pulses in the current year at the last year level – nearly 8.4 million tons, Leonid Zayats, Minister of Agriculture said. Also, the Minister noted that the public grain reserves would total nearly 1.086 million tons. It…
DetailsUkraine’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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsPrecipitation deficit at the background of excessive air temperatures in several Black Sea countries, particularly in Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine, raise market operators` concerns as to the volume of Black Sea corn supply in 2016/2017. But major attention is focused on Bulgaria and Romania, due to the fact that precipitation quantity has been lower in…
DetailsAs of August 9, agricultural organizations of Belarus harvested grains and pulses throughout 1.484 million ha, or 67.2% of the planned areas, down by 48.5 thousand ha YoY. The average yield totaled 3.47 t/ha, the harvested volumes – 5.146 million tons of grains, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Belarus declared. Agrarians have…
DetailsRussian sellers set prices of iPhones themselves, Apple said in response to coordination charges brought against the U.S. company by the Federal Antimonopoly Service. “Resellers form their own prices for Apple’s products, which they sell in Russia as well as worldwide”, an official at Apple said. The antitrust watchdog saw signs of coordination of prices…
DetailsSupport 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…
DetailsIn January-July overall freight throughput of terminal operators at the Port of Kherson totaled 2.06 million tons, down by 3.5% YoY, the Center for Transport Strategies (CTS) said, citing Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA). In the reporting period the port operators handled 81,000 tons of liquid bulk cargo (up 3.1 times YoY) and 1,58 million…
DetailsKomsomolets plant (Zabaykal region) is going to receive 400 million RUB for development from Far East development fund and from Baykal region`s fund. The plant grows rapeseed and fodder crops. Despite the common tendency to decrease sowing area of rapeseed, the plant is going to sow ten times more rapeseed and grain crops. Apart from…
DetailsRussian airlines carried 38.1 million passengers in the first half of 2016, down by 7.6% YoY. International traffic was down by 26.8%, to 13.4 million passengers YoY. Domestic traffic was up by 7.7%, to 24.7 million, Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) reported. In June, international traffic dropped by 30.5%, to 3.1 million, while domestic…
DetailsSome regions of the Volga Federal District of Russia, as well as Kaliningrad and Vladimir oblasts started planting winter crops for the harvest-2017, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation declared. Agrarians of the country planted winter crops throughout the areas of 5.4 thousand ha. But on the same date last year, the index…
DetailsSince the beginning of 2016/2017 MY, and as of August 3, the volume of grain exports from Russia totaled 2.192 million tons, down by 4.4% YoY, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation declared on August 8, referring to data of the Federal Customs Service of Russia. According to the announcement, the wheat volumes…
DetailsThe Russian-Azerbaijani Business Council (RABC) plans to initiate up to five joint projects in 2016, said RABC Chairman Petr Fradkov. Despite the fact that the council was created in May, there was a preliminary plan of action for the remaining part of 2016, Fradkov noted. “Currently, the business council includes about 30 companies representing various…
DetailsRussian Navy will be eqipped by the Almaz-Antey arms manufacturer`s newly-introduced air-defense missiles, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said. “Almaz-Antey has presented the results of the tests of new-generation air-defense missiles for the Navy to the Military-Industrial Commission”, Rogozin, who heads the commission, said on his Twitter account. The commission will check the development of…
DetailsRussia, Iran and Azerbaijan will take measures on the development of transportation infrastructure, including the North-South international transportation corridor, the draft declaration says. “The sides intend to support efforts to integrate regional transportation and communication opportunities aimed at creating an economically profitable and environmentally friendly transportation infrastructure”, says the declaration that should be approved by…
DetailsRussian group of companies Solar Energy received the right to invest 12 billion rubles in construction of six solar power stations in several districts of southern Astrakhan Region, the regional government said in a statement on August 5. “Companies KompleksIndustriya and Energoholding, part of the Solar Energy group of companies, have received the rights for…
DetailsIn the first half of 2016, the passenger flow of Yamal Airlines decreased by 8.3% YoY, to 534,357, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency informed. The passenger turnover fell by 17%, to 981.631 million passenger-kilometers, the passenger load factor dropped by 8.6%, to 61.4%. Cargo and mail handling grew by 8%, to 1.176 thousand tons. JSC…
DetailsUkraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has increased the cost of coal used for calculating subsidies by 30.5% or 467.1 UAH, to 2,000 UAH per ton. “If a household receives 2 tons of coal, it will receive 4,000 UAH (earlier around 3,000 UAH)”, Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva said. Along with the cost of coal, the government…
DetailsUkrainian, German and Swedish experts will carry out a joint observation flight over Russian territory under the Open Skies Treaty this week, the acting head of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Nuclear Risk Reduction Center Sergei Zabello said. Zabello added that the flight would take place along an agreed route and Russian specialists on board of…
DetailsSince the beginning of 2016/2017 MY, Ukraine exported 2.7 million tons of grains, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared on August 5. In particular, wheat exports totaled 945 thousand tons, corn – 438 thousand tons, and barley – 1.3 million tons. Ukraine supplied 10 thousand tons of wheat flour on foreign…
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