Alcohol excise duty will bring in some EUR 80 million less than estimated by the Ministry of Finance to Estonian state coffers next year, says the Estonian Institute of Economic Research (EKI), according to which this year’s revenues from the duty are smaller in absolute terms despite a steep rate hike. “The price difference with…
According to market participants, 1158 KMT of barley was exported from Ukraine in August, or slightly less than a year ago (1192 KMT was shipped abroad in August 2016). Barley exports from the country totaled 1973 KMT in the first two months of the 2017-2018 season, or 10.5% less than a year ago (2204 KMT…
Iranian investors are keen to launch a meat-processing project in eastern Kazakhstan. Akim (governor) of the region Danial Akhmetov met with top management of the Kazakh-Iranian company Agro Portal LLP in order to discuss all aspects of the new project and its launch in the nearest future. The new meat-processing enterprise will be built on…
Last week Ukraine faced an upward trend in export prices for oybean oil, due to rather high demand for the product from European buyers in terms of a small number of its offers. As of the end of day on October 6, bid prices for crude soybean oil increased by nearly $5-10/tons compared with the…
In the first month of the current marketing year, Ukrainian producers exported 16,940 tons of sugar, the press service of the Ukrtsukor national association of sugar producers reported. “The largest deliveries were made to Azerbaijan – 38%, Sudan – 16%, Tajikistan – 13%, Turkey – 8% and Sri Lanka – 7%,” the statement said. According…
According to preliminary statistics figures, during the first 3 months of 2017-2018 MY (July-September) Ukraine exported 117.5 thousand tons of wheat flour, up by 24% YoY. In particular, in September the exports totaled 44.9 thousand tons, which broke a monthly record for the product shipments from the country in 10 recent years. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Turkey is willing to import Kazakhstani meat products, the press service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Kazakhstan reported. “Turkey values quality of Kazakhstani meat products and knows how they taste. I am confident that the meat products imported from Kazakhstan will be very popular with our people,” Nihat Zeybekci, Turkish Minister of Economy, said…