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…

Russia: Egypt purchases wheat

On July 15, Egypt purchased 300 KMT of milling wheat from Romania and Russia for shipment during August 21-30, at the average price of $175.16/MT C&F. The price in the previous tender equaled $173.03/MT C&F. In the previous tender, on July 12, Egypt bought 180 KMT of Ukrainian and Russian wheat to be shipped during…