Ukraine: barley exports up in July 2016

According to official statistics, in July Ukrainian barley exports rose by 19% YoY. In July Ukraine exported about 1011.6 KMT against 848 KMT in July 2015. More than half of the exported barley was shipped to Saudi Arabia. Large share of barley was exported to Libya (148.3 KMT) and China (90.2 KMT). Peculiar in the…

Ukraine: wheat stocks down

According to Ukrainian office of statistics, as of August 1, stocks of grains and legumes were at 23.9 MMT, down by 2.5% YoY (24.5 MMT). Wheat stocks decreased by 5%, to 16.62 MMT against 17.54 MMT as of August, 1 2015. Barley stocks dropped by 5%, to 3.958 MMT. Corn stocks are 18% lower than…

Ukraine: flour output down in July 2016

According to the official statistics figures, in July Ukraine produced 148.5 thousand tons of flour, down by 7% YoY. Ukraine dropped production volumes of all types of flour products. In particular, the production of wheat and wheat-rye flour decreased by 4% to 141.2 thousand tons, of flour from other grains – by 41% to 7.2…

Belarus: crop conditions in September 2016

Conditions for soil preparation, winter rapeseed sowing and germination across most of Belarussian territory are favorable. In the fields sown with rapeseed in the first half of August, rapeseed germinated and leaf formation has started. Soil is still waterlogged in the north-west of Vitebsk region, according to the observations of Verhnedvinsk weather station. Soil moisture…