Last week decrease in prices for milling wheat was noted in Kazakhstan export market primarily due to the seasonal factor. Over the week export prices for milling wheat decreased in average by $11 in the Aktau port – to $185-191/MT FOB for wheat with 13.5% protein, and by $20-22 for 3rd grade wheat on DAF…
Rusagro Group, one of the largest vertically integrated enterprises in Russia, plans to export pork to Vietnam beginning next year. “Shipments are expected to start next year”, Maxin Basov, General Director of Rusagro, said. Russia’s largest meat processor ABH Miratorg has also been licensed to supply poultry, pork and beef to Vietnam. “With a population…
As of September 1, agricultural organizations of Belarus harvested grains and pulses throughout the areas of 2.067 million ha (98.1% of the plan). The average yield totaled 3.35 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Belarus declared. The harvested volumes reached 6.932 million tons of grains (taking into account buckwheat and millet), down…
The Ukrainian party continues to successfully export products of plant origin to the People`s Republic of China in accordance with the international contracts of Ukraine, the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection declared. According to the protocols of Chinese phytosanitary requirements for the exports of corn, soybeans and barley to the…
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service believes that a decision to introduce an excise duty on sugar-containing beverages will lead to higher food prices, a lower purchasing power and falling budget revenues, Anna Mirochinenko, director of the service’s chemical and agriculture industries control department, said. “The Federal Antimonopoly Service believes that expanding the list of excisable goods…
The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia plans to double soybean production volumes in the country, the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev declared. According to him, increasing of the domestic production of the oilseed would break the dependence on imports of low-quality soybeans, including genetically modified oilseed, as well as allow increasing…
Starting from September 1, Russia is decreasing export tax for sunflower, exported to the non-Customs Union countries. The corresponding decree has already been published on the government’s web-site. Sunflower seed export tax, including material for seeding purposes, will equal 6.5% from the good’s customs value, but no less than EUR 9.75 per 1 MT. Currently…