Kazakhstan has seen a 7% growth of food staples prices since the beginning of this year, Minister of National Economy Timur Suleimenov said at the session of the government on July 11. “According to official statistics, food staples prices have increased by 7% since the beginning of 2017,” said Minister Suleimenov adding that inflation made…
Ukraine’s large and medium-sized crushers produced 16.2 KMT of margarine in May. Although its May output shrank by 17.3% MoM, the margarine market continues to persistently recover this year. Production increased by more than 22% YoY (13.2 KMT). Margarine output grew to over 90 KMT in the first five months of MY 2017. Thereby it…
In 2016-2017 MY the export volumes of Ukrainian flour to African countries and the Middle East significantly increased. It is worth noting the increase in purchases by such countries as Somalia, which imported more than 30 thousand tons in July-May 2016-2017 MY, against 1.8 thousand tons in the whole previous season; Angola – over 28…
There is an increased demand for Belarusian foodstuffs in Tula region of Russia, First Deputy Governor – Chairman of the Tula region government Yuri Andrianov reported. In Tula there are 52 stores selling Belarusian foodstuffs. Severn more stores offer Belarus-made consumer goods. All in all, there are more than 150 retail outlets selling Belarusian products…
Exports of Ukrainian agrarian products in January-May amounted to $7.513 billion and increased by almost 31% YoY. According to a press release from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the key export commodity groups are grains with a 38.1% share of total agricultural exports, sunflower oil with 27.4%, and oilseeds with 8.6%. “The increase…
In 2017, the production volumes of grains and pulses in Ukraine will decrease to 59.04 million tons (by 10.7% YoY), the Director of the National Scientific Center “Institute of Agrarian Economics”, Academician of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences (NAAS) Yuri Lupenko said. According to the expert, reduction of the average yield of grains and…
According to the Ag Ministry of Kazakhstan, the country exported 444.2 KMT of grain in May, up by 25.8% YoY. At the same time, flour exports totaled 153.9 KMT, down by 11.3% YoY (173.5 KMT). In 2017, Kazakh flour and grain exports lag behind last year. Kazakhstan shipped abroad 2114.6 KMT of grains for the…