By 2020, the Russian agro-industrial complex will have received nearly 1 trillion RUR of investments for further development, the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev declared. According to him, it is necessary to discuss all ambitious plans for the following 20 years now, because all market participants have to understand the vector…
In January-June the joint index of costs for production of agricultural commodities in Ukraine (without the Crimea) increased by 12.2% compared with the same period of 2015, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine informed. In particular, the costs for plant growing commodities production grew by 8.6% YoY, and animal commodities – by 21.6%. According to…
On July 25-31, Ukraine exported 625.6 thousand tons of grains from the seaports, against 149.5 thousand tons in the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 358.9 thousand tons, corn – 48.7 thousand tons, barley – 207.2 thousand tons, and peas – 10.8 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
As of July 1, oilseed stocks at Russian enterprises were 675 KMT, up by 268 KMT, or by 66% YoY (407 KMT). Sunflower seed stocks are 100% higher than last year. Thus, there were 389 KMT of sunflower seed against 184 KMT in 2015. (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)
Since the beginning of 2016/2017 MY, and as of July 27, the volume of grain exports from Russia totaled 1.71 million tons, up by 7.4% YoY (1.6 million tons), the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation declared. According to the announcement, the wheat volumes formed 1.24 million tons from the reporting export volumes, barley…
The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia proposes to cancel the customs duties on wheat exports in 2016/2017 MY, the Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev said. Last week the Ministry’s press-service reported that the Ministry of Agriculture would prepare formal recommendations to the government on the reporting issue. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Grain market participants are strongly interested in developing grain handling facilities in large ports and building their own logistic chains. From this viewpoint, Ukrainian grain handling segment is considered to be the most investment attractive and promising for investing. Three new grain-handling terminals were put into operation in Ukrainian seaports last season, which resulted in…