Russia will lift the ban on deliveries of all fruits and vegetables from Egypt except for potato, Russian veterinary and phytosanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said. “Parties reached an agreement following the meeting on resumption of fruits and vegetables supplies from Egypt to Russia, except for potato, provided that the Egyptian side meets all Russia’s requirements in…
According to preliminary data, in August Russia exported 3217.7 KMT of wheat, up by 7.7% YoY. Over two months of season 2016/2017 wheat exports from Russia increased by more than 10%, to 4771.9 KMT against 4324,2 KMT in July-August 2015/2016 MY. Turkey, Egypt and Bangladesh remained the main importers during this period. In August, Russia…
As of September 26, Russian agrarians continued harvesting grains and pulses. Agrarians harvested grain crops throughout the general areas of 41.6 million ha (on the same date in 2015 – 36.9 million ha), or 88.1% of the planned areas (47.3 million ha). The produced volumes reached 109.2 million tons of grains, with the average yield…
In the current year, the general grain harvest in Russia will not exceed 113 million tons in clean weight, the Director of the Department of plant growing, chemicalization and plant protection at the Ministry of Agriculture Petr Chekmarev announced. The Ministry lowered the forecast of maximum harvest volumes from 116 million tons to 113 million…
On September 27, National Mercantile Exchange CJSC (NAMEX) held the regular stock exchange trading within frames of public grain purchasing interventions in the regional trading platforms of Russia, and purchased 63.99 thousand tons of grains (from the proposed volume of 64.665 thousand tons) valued at 640 million rubles, the press-service of NAMEX declared. In particular,…
During several recent seasons, the supplies to North Korea provided the major share of the growth of Ukrainian flour exports, but in 2015/2016 MY the geography of foreign markets for the product markets significantly expanded, the Adviser to the Chairman at Agrarian Fund PJSC Sergei Sakirkin declared. In particular, the share of Asia in the…
Corn harvesting in Russia is gaining pace. This grain harvest has been gathered from about 20% of the intended area, but it is already clear now that Russian corn production will be record high. The starting yields pleased producers. Moreover, as harvesting proceeds, corn productivity increases. Given the expansion of corn acreage in the country…