Baltic beverages producer Cido Group continues developing its export potential. The company has commenced exports of juices to Libya this year. This is the first African country that values juices produced in Latvia. Until now, Latvian juices have been exported to markets like China and United Arab Emirates, as reported by the company. All juices…
In 2017 the share of rapeseed planted areas (winter and spring) in the general structure of crop planted areas in Belarus will rise to 7.5% against 3.9% last year. Thus the planted areas of winter rapeseed for the harvest-2017 totaled 352.7 thousand ha, and the planned areas for spring rapeseed total 86.2 thousand ha, which…
In March APK-Inform analysts adjusted the forecast supply and demand balances of grains and pulses in Ukraine, and once again lowered the article of domestic consumption of grains in the current season to the level of 25.3 million tons, a decrease of 1% compared with the previous forecast in February, and down by 2% compared…
Ukrainian agrarians started planting corn for grain. As of April 10, Ukraine planted the grain throughout the areas of 60 thousand ha, or 1% of the plan, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared. The general planted areas under early grains and pulses in the country reached 2.094 million ha, or 87%…
Ukraine exported roughly 33.1 MMT of grains in the 2016/2017 season as of March 28, up by 9% YoY (30.3 MMT). The exports included 14.5 MMT of wheat (12.8 MMT in MY 2015/2016), 13.6 MMT of corn (13.3 MMT) and about 4.78 MMT of barley (4 MMT). In addition, 271.6 KMT of flour was shipped…
Astarta agroindustrial complex, a large sugar producer in Ukraine, saw a 5.2-fold rise in net profit in 2016, reaching EUR 83 million. According to a financial report of the holding posted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), its consolidated revenue last year rose by 17%, to EUR 369 million. Operating profit grew by almost 15.2%,…
Corn plantings in Ukraine may total 4.3 million ha in 2017. Corn was the most remunerative staple cereal crop in 2016, keeping farmers interested in its cultivation. However, the spring weather conditions cause some concerns about attainability of the target sown area. As of April 6, Ukraine has not yet started corn sowing. At the…