The Russian government will grant 48 billion rubles of guarantees to the military companies, which are fulfilling a state order, in 2016, according to a ruling published at the government’s web site for disclosure of legal information. The guarantees will be granted against loans raised by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, air…
DetailsAs of August 18, Russian agrarians continued harvesting grains and pulses. Agrarians harvested grain crops throughout the areas of 23.8 million ha (on the same date in 2015 – 21 million ha), or 50.3% of the planned areas (47.3 million ha). The produced volumes reached 76.1 million tons of grains, with the average yield of…
DetailsUkraine’s antimonopoly authority has asked participants of the Russia-led Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline construction to agree terms of the project with Kiev. “The participants of the project ought to abstain from any activities which could lead to competition limitations in Ukraine before the receipt of a permit… for the agreed upon actions. Due to the…
DetailsThe Ministry of Agriculture of Russia suggested the government to zero the export duties on wheat until July 1, 2017, the head of the department of agribusiness market regulation at the Ministry of Agriculture Vladimir Volik declared. According to him, the government will debate about the issue in the nearest weeks. It is not the…
DetailsPivdenmash state-run enterprise (Dnipro) will start production of Zenit launch vehicles in the interests of Sea Launch and Land Launch projects suspended in 2014 after financing of the programs is resumed by the customer. “Pivdenmash has not forwarded any additional requirements or conditions on continuation of the Sea Launch and Land Launch programs and would…
DetailsThe arbiter panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in general supports an E.U. case against Russia’s prohibition of imports of its pork products, according to a WTO statement. The arbiters say that several measures introduced by Russia contradict the country’s WTO obligations. On January 30, 2014, the Russian veterinary authority prohibited imports of European…
DetailsThe Armed Forces of Ukraine received more than 110 weapons and military equipment units and over 10,000 smoke hand grenades and signal sound-and-light mines last week. Spokesman for the Defence Ministry of Ukraine Lieutenant Colonel Oleksiy Chornobai said this at the briefing. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine received motor vehicles, navigation equipment, ground-based radars, and…
DetailsAccording to Ukrainian Agrarian Ministry, share of oilseeds in the total cropping pattern will be increased by 4% YoY. Having finished winter crops harvesting campaign, agrarians of 16 regions have started winter rapeseed sowing for the 2017 crop. As of August 18, nearly 139 thousand ha had been sown with winter rapeseed, or 19% of…
DetailsIn 2015/2016 MY the imports of seeds of high-oleic sunflower to Ukraine (for the harvest-2016) totaled 2.2 thousand tons, up 2.5 times YoY. Due to development of the market of high-oleic sunflower oil in the country, the planted areas under the oilseed started growing, and the demand for seed raw materials and market capacity continues…
DetailsUkraine’s Antimonopoly Committee has prepared a suit forcing Russian gas giant Gazprom to pay a $3 billion fine, the committee’s head Yury Terentyev said. The Antimonopoly Committee imposed the fine in 2015 to punish the company for its monopolist position on the transit gas market. Gazprom was baffled with the decision because it did not…
DetailsIn June soybean exports from Ukraine reached 236.9 KMT against 170.6 KMT in June 2015. During the current season 2015/2016 (September-June) Ukraine supplied 2178.4 KMT of soybean to foreign markets, decreasing the spread lag compared to previous season to 3.7%. Taking into account stable exports during the last four months, it’s very likely that the…
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