Ukrainian farmers continue to harvest sunflower. As of October 10, 4457.9 thousand ha had been threshed or 75% of the plan (5916.2 thousand ha), down by 1.7% YoY (4537 thousand ha). 9718.5 KMT had been obtained with the average productivity of 2.18 MT/ha. Last year on the same date 9624 KMT had been gathered with…
In September analysts of APK-Inform Agency increased their forecast of soybean yield in Ukraine in the current year to 2.18 ton/ha (in clean weight). The previous forecast stood at 1.93 ton/ha. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
In January-September the Ukrainian seaports processed 27.405 million tons of grain cargoes (including 26.794 million tons of grains), up by 5.6% YoY. In particular, the grain exports totaled 26.693 million tons (up by 5.1%), the State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority declared. In the reporting period, state stevedoring companies processed 2.05 million tons of grains…
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…