Ukraine: flour production down in H1 2016

In January-June Ukrainian flour milling enterprises produced 888 thousand tons of flour, down by 7% YoY, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine declared. At the same time, the production volumes in June totaled 132 thousand tons, up by 0.7% MoM and down by 14.6% YoY. In January-June the production volumes of crude sunflower oil in…

Belarus: 1 million tons of grain harvested

Belarusian agrarians have cropped the first million tons of grain, the Agriculture and Food Ministry said. As of July 25, Belarus’ grain harvest exceeded 1.1 million tons. Gomel Oblast harvested 383,600 tons, Brest Oblast – 296,700 tons. Minsk Oblast and Mogilev Oblast harvested 259,900 and 72,900 tons respectively. The harvest of Grodno Oblast agrarians reached…

Ukraine: wheat qualitative indices to go up

The ratio between milling wheat and feed wheat in the grain production structure for the harvest-2016 in Ukraine is estimated at 55% and 45% respectively, which exceeds the similar indices of 2015, the State Enterprise State Research and Information Center for Monitoring International Commodity Markets (Derzhzovnishinform) declared. According to market operators, in 2015 the ratio…

Ukraine: fish catch up in H1 2016

The State Fishing Agency reports a rise in fish catch in Ukrainian water basins (inland water basins and seas) in January through June by 19.4% YoY, to 22,900 tons. The agency said in a press release that total fish catch in the Azov and Black seas grew by almost 20.5%, to 16,000 tons, including a…