Uzbekistan: Chinese company to create food hub

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…

Kyrgyzstan: basic foods price up

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…

Russia: Turkey imports of wheat brans up

Russia continues to export high volumes of wheat brans. In May shipments of wheat brans from Russia were 69.15 KMT, which is 38.5% higher than in May 2015 (49.9 KMT). Since the beginning of the season Russian wheat bran exports are 12% higher than over the same period of 2014/2015 (717.2 KMT against 637.7 KMT…

Ukraine: new record in grain exports set

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…

Ukraine: grain crops condition

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…