According to the regional agricultural departments, as of August 18, Kazakh agrarians harvested grains throughout 941.6 thousand ha, or 6.2% of the planned areas, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. As of the reporting date, agrarians produced 1.96 million tons of grains, up by 462 thousand tons YoY. The average yield…
According to the official statistics figures, in July Russia exported 109.2 thousand tons of peas, up by 63% YoY. Turkey traditionally became the largest buyer of the Russian crop, and purchased 67.1 thousand tons of peas, against 51.8 thousand tons in July 2015. However, its share in the import structure in the reporting month dropped…
In 2016/2017 MY, Russia will supply nearly 40 million tons of grains on foreign markets, the head of the department of agribusiness market regulation at the Ministry of Agriculture Vladimir Volik reported. In particular, the forecast of wheat exports from Russia in 2016/2017 MY totals 26-30 million tons, against 24.6 million tons last season. At…
Summarizing the results of soil moisture content analysis held in mid-August, soil moisture stocks are good at major part of cornfields. Due to rains in the first ten days of August, waterlogging remains a problem in some areas of Vitebsk and in the west of Minsk region where precipitation was often seen. At the same…
OAO Slootsk sugar refinery’s shareholders adopted a resolution on Aug 12, to increase the state-owned stake from 25.4% to 51%. The state-owned stake will be increased by means of issuing additional shares, which will be surrendered to the state. The sugar refinery’s statutory capital is made up of 336,059 shares with a face value of…
Belarus is due to hold an auction on September 8, to sell 16 buildings and some other property owned by Rechitsapivo brewery (Gomel region), the State Property Committee of Belarus said in a release. Rechitsapivo had been a unit of Belarus-based Heineken breweries until Heineken chose to reduce personnel and move all beer and kvass…
Belarus-based manufacturers of alcoholic beverages and beer are free to choose when to pay excise taxes to the state budget: after they ship goods to consumers, or after they receive payment for the goods shipped. Belarus’ head of state has adopted an ordinance to sustain the current practice in 2017-2018. Other Belarusian manufacturers are supposed…