The pace of sunseed crushing slowed down to some extent in June against the previous month. Consequently, sunoil production by large and medium-sized crushers amounted to 451.4 KMT in June 2016-2017 against 491.2 KMT a month earlier. Monthly output still remains at a record level. In total, Ukraine’s large and medium-sized crushers produced as much…
In January-June the production volumes of crude sunflower oil in Ukraine totaled 2.87 million tons, up by 34.9% YoY, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. In particular, in June Ukraine produced 451 thousand tons of sunflower oil, down by 8.1% MoM, but up by 45.2% YoY. Also, in January-June Ukrainian flour milling enterprises produced…
Finance Ministry has plans to raise excise tax on alcoholic beverages and cigarettes even more rapidly, according to proposals prepared by the ministry to the Excise Tax Law. These proposals have been submitted to the Saeima for approval in the final reading. FM explains that it is necessary because there are plans to apply greater…
In January-June Ukraine exported 8,400 tons of potatoes worth $300,000, 95% of which was purchased by Belarus, the Ukrainian Agrarian Conference reported with a reference to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. “Belarus purchased 95% of Ukrainian potatoes indented for export, Moldova – another 2.6%,” reads a report. In January-June Ukraine exported 68% more potatoes…
PJSC Agrarian Fund is planning to launch production of buckwheat and corn flours, the company’s board chairman Andriy Radchenko said. “My task consists in ensuring profitability of the company. Products with added value are more profitable than raw materials. Therefore we constantly expand this area. The range was widened consistently: first we launched production of…
Prices of dairy products in Latvia will either remain on the current level or increase even more in the next couple of months. With that, there is no reason to expect price decline in the near future, predicts head of Agriculture Market Promotion Centre Inguna Gulbe. It was reported at the beginning of July that,…
According to the official statistics figures, in 2016-2017 MY Ukraine exported 5.35 million tons of barley, up by 21% YoY (4.41 million tons), which became the highest rate for the country in seven recent years. In the season 2016-2017, Saudi Arabia (42% of the general supplies) and Libya (18%) were the main importers of Ukrainian…