In 2015/2016 total exports of Kazakh wheat reached 3.57 MMT, up by 11.5% YoY (3.2 MMT in 2014/2015). Key importers of the season traditionally were Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Exports in the destination of Iran tripled to 290 KMT. Exports doubled in the destination of China – to 283 KMT against 126.4 KMT in 2014/2015. EU…
High competitiveness of Ukrainian products is one of the obstacles to all Ukrainian goods entering European Union markets, Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutoviy has said. “Our products in Europe are too competitive. The cost of production is low, and Europe puts up barriers to keep them out. We do it…
Last week cold weather regime in Bulgaria changed to multiyear norm for the given period. Winter crops vegetation continues at a moderate pace. Rains observed during October 11-21, considerably replenished soil moisture stocks in 50 cm soil layer. In the major parts of the country moisture level in the upper soil layer exceeds 75-80%, which…
In January-August Ukraine exported $9.1 billion worth of agricultural products, amounting to 40.1% of the total national exports within this period. “The leaders of the structure of agricultural exports are: crops ($3.6 billion), prepared food products ($1.4 billion), seeds and fruit of oil plants ($0.7 billion), and residues and waste from the food industry ($0.6…
The share of sunflower oil in the structure of Ukrainian vegetable oils production is nearly 96%. In this regard, it’s logical that the majority of population prefers sunflower oil. It should be noted that total consumption of vegetable oils by population of Ukraine has decreased over the past year. Statistics show that in H1 the…
Last week milling wheat prices kept growing, mainly supported by increased CBOT wheat futures and strong demand from key importers. Export prices for Ukrainian milling wheat with 11.5% protein have increased by 8% over the past month. Prices strengthened by $5 during the previous week. (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)
Ukrainian farmers continue to harvest sunflower. As of October 24, 5171.1 thousand ha had been threshed, or 87% of the intended area – 5916.2 thousand ha, up by 6.5% YoY (4856 thousand ha). 11341.3 KMT had been obtained with the average yields of 2.19 MT/ha, which is all-time high for Ukraine. On the same date…