According to the official statistics figures, in September Ukraine exported nearly 15.2 thousand tons of high-oleic sunflower oil, up 3 times MoM (4.8 thousand tons), and up 16 times YoY (954 tons). In September the Netherlands (42%), India (26%), the United Arab Emirates (14%) and Saudi Arabia (10%) became the largest foreign buyers of the…
As of October 17, winter crops had been sown at 5307 thousand ha, or72% of the forecast area – 7374 thousand ha. This included 4804 thousand ha of winter wheat and triticale (77% from the planned 6198 thousand ha), 140 thousand ha of rye (95% of 147 thousand ha), 364 thousand ha of barley (35%…
In January-September in Ukraine the average selling prices of agricultural enterprises for agricultural products increased by 8.6% YoY, the press-service of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine declared. In particular, in the reporting period the average prices for plant growing commodities grew by 20.6%, and the prices for livestock commodities dropped by 0.5%. In September…
In the season-2015/2016 the processing volumes of soybeans at oil in Ukraine increased to 1.15 million tons, as opposed to 1 million tons in 2014/2015 MY (up by 14%), due to modernization of the existing processing lines, and increasing of the production capacities through launching of a new large factory of LLC Katerynopilsky Elevator at…
At an intergovernmental meeting between the Kyrgyz authorities and the Chinese authorities, the Minister of Economy said that the country could increase the volume of exports of agricultural products to other countries of the EEA (market of 170 million persons) and to China. Export of Kyrgyz products to China increased by 88.3% in 2016 and…
On September 16, the European Commission approved of eleven GM corn varieties created by Syngenta. The permission was granted for corn use as food and fodder for ten years, but did not apply to its cultivation. In July the European Commission allowed imports of three GM soybean lines (two – by Monsanto, and one –…
For the second consecutive season Bulgaria looses ground in corn market. While Ukraine, Russia and Romania increase corn production, Bulgarian farmers might have decided not to enter this competition. Firstly, after last season’s bad experience Bulgarian grain producers reduced corn planted area for the 2016 crop by 9.5% to the level of previous years, partially…