Russian companies that have concluded agreements with Tajik agrarians on purchasing potatoes and onions have failed to fulfill their obligations on those agreements, Tajik Minister of Agriculture Sattor Izatullo said. According to him, Russian companies concluded agreements with Tajik onion and potato producers at the beginning of the year but later changed their mind. “I…
As of July 1, the registered carry-over stocks of oilseeds in Kazakhstan totaled 260.465 thousand tons, including 21.298 thousand tons in farming households, the Statistics Committee at the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported. In particular, sunflower seed stocks totaled 104 thousand tons, flaxseed – 84.3 thousand tons, soybeans – 30.821…
Uzbekistan signed about 270 agreement to export fruit and vegetables valued at over $2 billion during the First International Fruit and Vegetable Fair, held in Tashkent from 12 to 16 July. The agreements to export fruit and vegetable were signed with representatives of over 30 countries, including Russia, USA, China, Great Britain, Germany, UAE, Japan,…
Xinjiang Silu Changlong Investment Co., Ltd (China) is planning to create a food transport-logistic center in Bukhara region of Uzbekistan. Currently, the Chinese company is developing the project in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy of Uzbekistan. Within the project, it is planned to create a modern logistics center, two plants for processing of fruits…
Basic foods grew in price in Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of Economy reported. Bread has risen in price by 0.19 soms (1.05%), rice – by 1.77 soms (2.33%), beef – by 0.92 soms (0.33%), sugar – by 1.54 som (2.94%), vegetable oil – by 0.19 soms (0.21%), potatoes – by 4.93 som (34.71%), beans – by…
According to the Ukrainian AgMin, new record was set in grain exports, which exceeded the previous volume by 5 MMT. Preliminary estimates of 2015/2016 total exports are 39.415 MMT. This includes 17.354 MMT of wheat, 17.396 MMT of corn, 4.409 MMT of barley and 256 KMT of other grain crops. In 2014/2015 34.805 MMT of…
Weather conditions were favorable for winter and spring grain crop development in May-July. During the first week of July soil moisture reserves were satisfactory except for Western regions. Last week was rather hot with minor precipitations. Currently, a dry weather phenomenon is observed in some Southern, Eastern and Western regions. Early spring crops are at…