Ukrainian crushers continue picking up the pace of sunseed processing in the current season of 2016/2017. Sunoil output has been hitting new monthly highs for a fourth month in a row. Ukraine’s large and medium-sized crushers produced an unprecedented 558 KMT of sunoil in December 2016 compared with 529 KMT in November 2016 and 363…
In 2016 the joint index of costs for production of agricultural commodities in Ukraine increased by 13.5% YoY, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine informed. In particular, the costs for plant growing commodities production raised by 10.6% YoY, and animal commodities – by 20.9%. The cost index for materials and equipment of industrial origin used…
In January tariff quotas of the European Union on Ukrainian wheat exports have been used by 70%, according to Zerno Online Agency. “This week the EU committee approved of licenses for imports of another 83.593 thousand tons of Ukrainian wheat in 2017 under the agreement on tariff quotas. Thus, the Ukrainian quota on wheat has…
Salt supplies by state-run enterprise Artyomsol (Donetsk region) to Russia in 2016 fell by 29.6% YoY, to 606,800 tons. The company said in a press release that its large consumers last year were Hungary, Poland and Romania. In 2016 supplies to Armenia, Belarus, Germany and Estonia grew. Shipments to consumers in the Czech Republic and…
Despite the establishment of industries, Kyrgyzstan continues to process only 15% of agricultural production, the Minister of Economy Arzybek Kozhoshev said at a government meeting. During 11 months of 2016 the volume of foreign trade of Kyrgyzstan decreased by 0.5% YoY. Exports amounted to $1.6 billion and decreased by 1.5%. Imports remained at the level…
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food expects that the Ukrainian agrarians in 2016 will collect some 64.2 million tons of grain, up by 4 million tons YoY, with the average yield of 44.8 hundredweight per ha, according to the ministry press service. According to the report, 26.1 million tons of wheat will be harvested,…
The Belarusian confectionery factory Spartak is expanding its store chain in China, Spartak Deputy Director General Dmitry Korolenko reported. Gomel-based factory Spartak opened its first store in Harbin in November 2016. In January two more stores opened their doors in Beijing and Shanghai. All three stores belong to Spartak’s partner from China. The stores sell…