Ukraine: crude sunflower oil exports up

According to the official statistics data, in September-May period of 2015/2016 MY Ukraine exported nearly 3.2 million tons of crude sunflower oil, an increase of 14% YoY (2.8 million tons). The share of exports in the general production volume of the commodity rose to 84%, against 77% in the previous season. During two recent seasons…

Russia: vodka production up in May 2016

The production of vodka in Russia has increased year on year by 30% in April and 29% in May. The increase has been informally linked to raids carried out by the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Federal Tax Service in February. The groups raided a number of illegal vodka factories in the Northern Caucasus, closing…