According to the official statistics figures, in July-April of the season 2016-2017 Ukraine exported 67.86 thousand tons of brewing barley, up 10.4-fold YoY (6.5 thousand tons). In the current MY, Belarus (53%), Poland (30%) and Romania (16%) became the main foreign buyers of brewing barley from Ukraine. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
According to the Ag Ministry of Ukraine, sunflower planting was completed on 5223.1 thousand ha as of May 22, that is 97% of the planned 5390.3 thousand ha (official data). Planting runs 4.8% ahead of last year’s pace. 4985 thousand ha of sunflower was sown at the same time a year ago. As of May…
Kazakhstan plans to supply lentils, peas, barley and feed corn to the market of the United Arab Emirates, the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Atameken” Nurzhan Altaev declared. To date, the parties are discussing the terms of supply of Kazakh products, he said. Altaev…
In the first fortnight of May, Ukraine’s retail prices for socially important products increased, namely the prices for the so-called “borsch” vegetables and meat, the Economic Discussion Club reports. “Potatoes and “borsch” vegetables showed a record growth in prices again. Over the first twenty days of May, consumer prices for these products have increased as…
Sladkaya Strana, a subsidiary of the Belarusian confectionery Vitba, is expanding into the markets of Russia and Ukraine. Pilot batches of biscuits have been sent to the trading networks of these countries, Sladkaya Strana Director Khachatur Arzumanov said. “We are looking for foreign markets. Not long ago we shipped trial batches to the trading networks…
The Dushanbe mayor’s office is taking efforts to curb rise in prices of basic food products during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, according to the Dushanbe administration press center. By Dushanbe mayor’s decree merchants and farmers selling their products at Dushanbe’s Dehqon, Shohmansour and Sakhovat bazaars will be exempt from paying one-time fee, a…
The average price for agricultural products set by Ukraine’s farmers in January-April increased by 11% YoY, the State Statistics Service reports. Prices for plant products in the reporting period rose by 8.5%, while those of livestock products went up by 23.4%, according to the report. In April against March, agricultural products grew in price by…