In January-September Ukrainian seaports processed 3.212 million tons of bulk vegetable oils, up by 18.5% YoY. The export volumes totaled 2.968 million tons of veg oils (up by 18.3%), the State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority informed. In particular, state stevedoring companies processed 96.64 thousand tons of vegetable oils at the berths of Ukrainian Sea…
Torrential rains across most of Ukrainian regions after a severe drought could leave around 1.2 million acres of winter grain area unsown and winter wheat is under major threat, a senior state weather forecaster said. Ukraine’s winter wheat harvest is highly dependent on moisture content in the soil during the autumn sowing, air temperatures in…
In September analysts of APK-Inform Agency adjusted the supply and demand balances of grains in Ukraine, and increased the forecast of the general harvest of grains and pulses in 2016/2017 MY to 63.9 million tons. This is 6.3% more compared with the harvest-2015 (60.1 million tons). (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Ukrainian sugar producers in September 2016 exported 39,900 tons of sugar. This is the largest monthly indicator for the past five years. According to a report of the Ukrtsukor association, Sri Lanka imported 11,520 tons, Georgia imported 6,430 tons and Azerbaijan – 4,620 tons. Some 4,240 tons was shipped to Myanmar and 2,280 tons to…
According to the Agriculture Ministry, wheat planted area for the 2017 crop will remain at the previous year’s level – 6198 thousand ha. Last year winter wheat acreage was significantly lower than many-year average, which is nearly 6700 thousand ha. Given the last year’s considerable area reduction, it would be logical to expect at least…
The Russian government has signed a ruling allowing imports of oranges, tangerines, apricots, peaches, plums and blackthorn from Turkey. But imports of grapes, apples, pears, strawberry, tomatoes and some other fruit and vegetables are still prohibited. Russia banned imports of some fruit and vegetables from Turkey from January 1, as part of retaliatory measures after…
Russia will lift restrictions on import of all citrus fruit, pears and plums from Turkey, assistant head of Russian phytosanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor Alexei Alexeenko reported. “These are all citrus fruit and drupes, traditional fruit for Turkey – pears, plums, etc.”, Alexeenko said. Fruit will be supplied to Russia from regions free from quarantine pests and…