In January-July the amount of capital investments in Ukraine has grown almost by 10%, Ukrainian First Vice Prime Minister, Economic Development and Trade Minister Stepan Kubiv has said. “In the first six months of 2016, capital investments grew by 10%, actually by 9.6%. The net increase in foreign direct investments was recorded at $2.3 billion…
DetailsFrance’s loss in wheat export markets following flooding this year is Ukraine’s gain as the east European nation ships wheat to India, the second-largest consumer, for the first time in a decade. Ukraine delivered 240,000 metric tons of wheat to India in July and August as stocks in the Asian country fell to a nine-year…
DetailsIn July large and medium sized enterprises of Ukraine produced 15.7 KMT of margarine against 11.4 KMT in June and 17.5 KMT in July 2015. Starting from 2016 (January-July) total production equaled 96.7 KMT against 117.2 KMT over the same period last year. Gradual production squeeze was observed since 2009/2010, when total output reached record…
DetailsIn January-August Ukrainian seaports processed 23.62 million tons of grain cargoes (including 23.11 million tons of grains), up by 5.8% YoY. In particular, grain exports totaled 23.1 million tons (up by 5.7%), the State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority declared. State stevedoring companies processed 1.67 million tons of grains at the berths of Ukrainian Sea…
DetailsIn January-August Ukrainian seaports processed 2.96 million tons of bulk vegetable oils, up by 20.2% YoY. The export volumes totaled 2.75 million tons of veg oils (up by 19.2%), the State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority informed. In particular, state stevedoring companies processed 83.46 thousand tons of vegetable oils at the berths of Ukrainian Sea…
DetailsUkraine and Georgia have signed an agreement at the governmental level on arranging direct international railroad services through the two countries’ seaports, the Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry press service reported. The agreement was signed at the International Maritime Forum in Batumi on September 13. “We signed a very important document today, which links Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan…
DetailsStandard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings affirmed its ‘BBB-/A-3’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Kazakhstan. The S&P also affirmed the Kazakhstan national scale ratings at ‘kzAA’, the outlook on the long-term ratings is negative, the credit-rating agency said in a message on September 12. The ratings on Kazakhstan remain…
DetailsNibulon retains its positions as the largest exporter of grains from Ukraine. In 2015/2016 MY the company supplied the highest volumes of grains to foreign markets in six recent years – 4.66 million tons, the General Director of Nibulon LLC Oleksiy Vadaturskyy declared. The company increased its exports by almost 14% (572 thousand tons) compared…
DetailsAs of September 12, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 39.03 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 10.01 million ha, or 70% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.9 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 38.1…
DetailsDuring the first ten days of September weather was rather unfavorable for preparation of soil to start the winter rapeseed sowing. The reason was higher average daily temperature, which exceeded the norm by 1.1-6 C, contributing to soil evaporation, and lack of precipitations. Sufficient moistening of upper soil layer (21-30 mm) was observed only in…
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