Russia: yield of corn up

Agrarians of the Southern and North Caucasian Federal Districts of Russia started harvesting corn. The first results demonstrated that the average yield exceeded the last year results almost 4 times to 5.98 ton/ha, against 1.63 ton/ha on the same date in 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture declared. In particular, to date the North Caucasian District…

Azerbaijan: wheat imports down in H1 2016

In January-June the import volumes of wheat to Azerbaijan totaled 682.8 thousand tons, down by 14.7% YoY, the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan reported. According to the statistics figures, the total cost of imported wheat to the country reached $129.13 (down by 31.1%). In the reporting period Azerbaijan imported 71.4 thousand tons…

Ukraine: flour output down in January-July 2016

In January-July Ukrainian flour-milling enterprises produced 1.036 million tons of flour, down by 7% YoY, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine declared. At the same time, the production volumes in July totaled 149 thousand tons, up by 12.5% MoM and down by 7.2% YoY. In January-July the production volumes of crude sunflower oil in Ukraine…