In 2016/2017 MY, Russia started exporting feed wheat for the first time, and began to compete with Ukraine in the reporting market segment, the President of the Russian Grain Union Arkady Zlochevsky declared. According to him, Russia has never exported feed wheat in previous years. At the same time, the grain supplies are not large…
According to official data, in August Ukrainian barley exports grew by 17% YoY and equaled 1924 KMT against 1019.5 KMT. During the first two months of 2016/2017 (July-August) Ukrainian exporters shipped 2204 KMT of barley, which was an absolute record for the period in question. Traditionally in August Saudi Arabia lowered its purchases, importing 371…
According to regional agricultural departments, as of September 28, Kazakh agrarians harvested grains throughout 14.24 million ha, or 92.7% of the planned areas, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. As of the reporting date, agrarians produced 21.363 million tons of grains, up by 8.21 million tons YoY. The average yield totaled…
During three recent seasons, the export volumes of flour from Kazakhstan stabilized at nearly 1.8 million tons. Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan became the main countries-importers of Kazakh flour, the Director of the Grain Processors and Bakers Union of Kazakhstan Evgeny Gan declared. Some time ago, Uzbekistan has imposed the protective customs duty at nearly…
In the current year, the general grain harvest in Russia will reach nearly 115 million tons in clean weight, the President of the Russian Grain Union Arkady Zlochevsky declared. At the same time, the previous forecast varied within the range of 114-118 million tons. Taking into account the harvest volumes at the level of 124…
In August Ukraine exported 85 KMT of sunflower meal against 256 KMT in July 2016 and 102 KMT in August 2015. Thus, total volume exported in 2015/2016 MY (September-August) equals 3655.4 KMT against 3364.1 KMT in the previous season. In 2015/2016 Ukraine considerably diversified its sunflower meal export market, delivering it to 16 countries. Moreover,…
In January-August fish and seafood products worth $77 million were imported from Norway to Ukraine, which makes 78% of total imports from Norway. According to acting State Fiscal Service Deputy Head Myroslav Prodan, there are no systemic problems with the customs valuation of fish and seafood products from Norway, and thus the positive trend is…