Linseed exports from Ukraine totaled 4.8 KMT in November, up by 14% MoM (4.2 KMT) and by 7% YoY (4.5 KMT). Despite November’s upward trend in exports, their three-month total amounted to just a third of the volume exported in the same period last year: 13.3 KMT against 40 KMT, respectively. A peculiarity of the…
The gross grain harvest in Kazakhstan this year was 23.7 million tons, up almost by 4 million tons YoY. Kazakh farmers have also harvested 3.6 million tons of vegetables and 2.2 million tons of melons, exceeding last year’s produce yield by 511,000 tons. First Vice Minister of Agriculture Kairat Aituganov reported on the results and…
The Food Contract Corporation procurement prices for sunseed, rapeseed and linseed were adjusted upwards (on average by 6%). Procurement prices for soybeans were left unchanged. In October the Food Contract Corporation for the first time announced procurement of sunseed, linseed, rapeseed and soybeans. The measures taken by the corporation contributed to the formation of optimal…
In November Ukraine exported record volumes of sunflower oil at 535.6 thousand tons, up by 23% MoM and by 44% YoY. During the first 3 months of the season-2016/2017 (September-November) the country exported 1.24 million tons of sunflower oil, up by 31% YoY. India took the first position in the list of countries-importers with a…
In 2016 Nibulon increased its agricultural production volumes by 10% YoY, to 340 thousand tons, the press-service of the company declared. According to the Deputy General Director of agricultural production Kostiantyn Khmelnytskyi, early spring crops vegetation, prolonged spring with low air temperatures, rains at the end of spring and in the first half of summer,…
This is provided for by the methodology for appraisal of quality of milk and dairy products approved by the government. It comes into effect in 2 years after being published in Monitorul Oficial. The methodology aims at bringing the agriculture and rural development framework in Moldova into compliance the EU standards and norms. According to…
According to the National Statistics Committee of the Republic of Belarus, output of margarine and similar food products increased to 1.5 KMT in October from 1.3 KMT in September. Margarine production in the ten months of 2016 (January-October) amounted to 13.1 KMT. Belarusian production of mayonnaises and other emulsified sauces fell to 1.6 KMT in…