Ukraine is interested in increasing imports of coffee, tea, exotic fruit and nuts from Kenya, and Kenya, in its turn, is interested in supplies of Ukrainian grain, flour, apples, juice concentrates, seeds and fodder for poultry and fish farming. These issues were discussed during an official visit of the Ukrainian delegation headed by Deputy Economic…
In January-October the prices for exported products in Kazakhstan increased by 9.9% YoY, including grains – by 13.6%, the Committee on statistics at the Ministry of National Economy reported. According to the announcement, in the reporting period the export prices for cotton increased by 36.6%, wool – by 10.6%. In addition, the prices for imported…
Due to the problems with logistics of agricultural products, Ukraine will fail to export the harvested grain volumes, the founder and CEO at the Agri-industrial holding Astarta Viktor Ivanchyk declared. Thousands of rail cars were taken out of service, the number of motor transport reduced, because many vehicles became disabled, and there is no upgrade…
Iran is interested in the exports of agricultural products to the Russian Federation and other CIS countries through the territory of Azerbaijan, the Governor of the Iranian province Golestan Hassan Sadiq declared. According to the governor, Golestan takes an important position in development of agriculture in Iran. Sadiq noted that the province had a well-developed…
Kernel, Ukraine’s major farming holding, is planning to kick off the construction of a new grain terminal in Chornomorsk as soon as in the coming months, the company’s management said. The terminal is designed to handle 4 MMT of grain a year. The investment amount is projected at $100 million. The construction of the facility…
Season 2016/2017 was marked with second in a row low corn crop in top-producing EU countries – France, Romania, Italy and Spain. According to European Commission’s estimates, EU corn crop totaled 59.073 MMT in 2016/2017, almost in line with last year volume – 59.066 MMT at the expense of higher production in other top producers…
On December 1-8, CBOT corn prices gained 4.46%. On the spot market US corn export prices recovered to the previous week’s level. Brazilian corn prices increased on average by $7/MT, while Argentinean corn prices rose by $4/MT. CBOT futures were supported by the following factors: positive data on ethanol production in the USA and lack…